Queenborough-in-Sheppey

Queenborough-in-Sheppey
Queenborough-in-Sheppey
Geography
Status municipal borough
History
Created 1968
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Swale

Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968, to 1974. [1] It was created a merger of the Municipal Borough of Queenborough with Sheerness Urban District and Sheppey Rural District, and occupied the entire Isle of Sheppey. It incorporated the following parishes:

In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and the area now forms part of the Swale district. Queenborough and various parishes in the island now have independent parish and town councils again.


References

  1. ^ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10492051
v · d · eTowns and villages in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England
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Coordinates: 51°25′N 0°44′E / 51.41°N 0.74°E / 51.41; 0.74



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