Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a

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, England from 1968 to 1974. It contained the parish of Queenborough in Sheppey. It was created on 1 April 1968 by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Queenborough with Sheerness Urban District and Sheppey Rural District, and occupied the entire

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. In 1971 it had a population of 31,590. It incorporated the following parishes: *

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* Minster in Sheppey *

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Sheerness Sheerness () is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby ...

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On 1 April 1974, it was abolished under the

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to form Swale district. The parish was also abolished. No

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was formed so it became unparished. A

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was formed to preserve the borough status of the former borough. Queenborough and various parishes in the island now have independent parish and town councils again.

Mayors

* 1968-69 A.H.R. Copland * 1969-70 B.E.G. Bigg * 1970-71 B.E.G. Bigg * 1970-71 H.G. Harris * 1971-72 W.G. Baxter * 1972-73 R. D. Sharrock * 1973-74 R. D. Sharrock

Honorary Freemen of the Borough

* 1971 Dr Matthew De Lacey OBE TD * 1973 Reginald James Davie JP

References

Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Kent Municipal boroughs of England Former civil parishes in Kent Isle of Sheppey {{Kent-geo-stub