- Medina, Isle of Wight
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Medina Motto: Floreat Medina (May Medina flourish) Geography Status non-metropolitan district, borough 1974 area 28,949 acres (117.15 km2)[1] HQ Newport History Created 1974 Abolished 1995 Succeeded by Isle of Wight Demography 1973[2] population 64,790 1992[3] population 72,000 
Medina was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.
The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the municipal boroughs of Newport and Ryde along with the urban district of Cowes. It was one of two districts on the Island formed in 1974 - the other was South Wight.
"Medina" was an older name for Newport which has been preserved in the River Medina.
Following a review by the Local Government Commission for England, the borough was abolished on 1 April 1995, when a single Isle of Wight Council replaced the Island's county council and two district councils.[4]
References
- ^ Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 61. ISBN 0117508470.
- ^ Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973
- ^ OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992
- ^ "The Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994". Office of Public Sector Information. 2004. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941210_en_1.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
Categories:- History of the Isle of Wight
- Former non-metropolitan districts of the Isle of Wight
- Isle of Wight geography stubs
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