Queenborough-in-Sheppey explained

Queenborough-in-Sheppey
Start:	1968
End:	1974

Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968 to 1974.^[1] 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 Isle of Sheppey. It incorporated the following parishes:

• Eastchurch
• Elmley
• Harty
• Leysdown-on-Sea
• Minster in Sheppey
• Queenborough
• Sheerness
• Warden

On 1 April 1974 the council was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 to form Swale district.^[2] The parish was also abolished.^[3] 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

51.41°N 0.74°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queenborough in Sheppey MB through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District.
2. Web site: The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972. legislation.gov.uk. 9 July 2024.
3. Web site: Sheppey Registration District. UKBMD. 9 July 2024.