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Ringway / Ringey

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"RINGEY, a chapelry in the parish of BOWDON, hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 3½ miles (S. E.) from Altrincham. The population is returned with the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £800 private benefaction, £1000 royal bounty, and £600 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of W. Egerton, Esq." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Ringway was a civil parish (SJ 8184) created in 1900 from part of Hale (near Altrincham).
  • Since 1974 it has been part of the county of Greater Manchester.

  • Including the hamlets of Buckhall, Castle Hill and Etrop Green.

  • The population was 491 in 1901, 203 in 1951, and 106 in 2001.

For the period before 1900, see Hale (near Altrincham).

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Churches

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Civil Registration

  • Bucklow (1900-74)
  • ManChester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
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Court Records

  • Altrincham (1900-74)
  • Manchester (1974+)
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ825845 (Lat/Lon: 53.357086, -2.264395), Ringway / Ringey which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Bucklow Rural District (1900-74)
  • Manchester Metropolitan Borough [Greater Manchester] (1974+)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bucklow (1900-30)
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Voting Registers

  • Altrincham (1900-1945)
  • Bucklow (1945-48)
  • Knutsford (1949-74)