Ringway
| Ringway | |
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
 Ringway Chapel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ818845 |
| Location: | 53°21’25"N, 2°16’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 103 (2011) |
| Post town: | Altrincham / Manchester |
| Postcode: | WA15 |
| Dialling code: | 0161 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Manchester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wythenshawe and Sale East |
Ringway is a village in northern Cheshire, now hemmed in by Manchester Airport, which occupies most of the land which once belonged to the village: Ringway today is on the western edge of the airport and filled with the industrial and support facilities to serve it.
The name of the village is ancient and appears to come from the Old English Hringhæg meaning "circular or enclosing hedged enclosure".[1]
History
- 1173: First mention of Ullerwood Castle, which is in Ringway parish.[2] It is a shell keep; at that time it was owned by Hamon de Massey.[3]
- 1515: First mention of 'Ringey Chapel', a chapel of ease in Bowdon parish.[4]
- 1642–1651, Civil War: Dissenters started using the Ringway Chapel.
- 1721 or shortly before: John Crewe of Crewe Hall inherited the Lordship of Ringway.
- 1721 Dissenters were ejected from the chapel, and moved to a barn, and in 1723 re-established themselves at Hale.
- About 1736: Ringway Chapel was demolished, and replaced by a new plain red brick building. According to the St Wilfrid's Mobberley Christening Records Abraham Johnson was baptised on 24 October 1736 "the first Sunday after it was finished by me, Faithful Meaykin (curate of St Wilfrid's) who preached the first sermon"
- 1741: The chapel's bell was recast or replaced.
- 1751: Record of baptisms began.
- 1821: Record of burials began: previous burials were at Bowdon.
- 1863: Ringway became a separate parish and Ringway chapel became the parish church, dedicated to All Saints.
- 1894: Ringway church was demolished and rebuilt.
- 20 April 1895: Ringway church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester.
- November 1967: A new parish church (dedicated to All Saints) was consecrated in Ringway Parish's Halebarns end, because urban spread from Altrincham into Halebarns, and loss of farms near Ringway due to road and airport extensions, had changed the centre of gravity of the parish.
- December 1970: Ringway Church declared redundant by an Order in Council and closed. It became a storeroom.
- 1997: Ringway Chapel was restored and converted for use as a design studio (and in 2011 was restored for worship, by Seventh Day Adventists).
About the village
Manchester Airport is the dominant presence in Ringway and most of the village is part of the airport’s arttendent estate, to the west of the runways.
Ringway Chapel still stands by Wilmslow Road near the southern edge of the airport.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ringway) |
- ↑ Dore 1972, p. 117
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 76615 – Ullersford Castle
- ↑ Nevell 1997, p. 35
- ↑ Wythenshawe (Volume 1: to 1926), edited by W.H.Shercliff, published 1974, ISBN 0-85972-008-X
- Dore, R. N. (1972). A History of Hale, Cheshire: From Domesday to dormitory. Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd. ISBN 0-85427-030-2.
- Nevell, Mike (1997). The Archaeology of Trafford: a study of the origins of community in North West England before 1900. Stretford: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council with the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. ISBN 1-870695-25-9.
- Scholefield, R. A. (1998). Manchester Airport. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1954-X.