Sandown-Shanklin Urban District Explained

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Sandown-Shanklin
Start:	1 April 1933
End:	31 March 1974
Populationlast:	14,386
Populationlastyear:	1961
Membership Title1:	County
Membership1:	Isle of Wight

Sandown-Shanklin was an urban district on the Isle of Wight, England, from 1933. It was created by the merger of Shanklin and Sandown urban districts along with parts of the civil parishes of Brading, Bonchurch and Yaverland from the Isle of Wight Rural District.^[1] In 1961 it had a population of 14,386.^[2] It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, to form part of the South Wight district.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sandown Shanklin UD the Isle of Wight through time | Administrative history of Local Government District: Hierarchies, boundaries . 2024-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514201846/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10100963&c_id=10001043 . 2011-05-14 .
2. Web site: Population statistics Sandown Shanklin UD through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 2 June 2024.