Queenborough-in-Sheppey

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

Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968 to 1974.[1] It was created by 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 the council 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.

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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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