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Queenborough-in-Sheppey

Coordinates: 51°25′N 0°44′E / 51.41°N 0.74°E / 51.41; 0.74
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Queenborough-in-Sheppey
History
 • Created1968
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded bySwale
Statusmunicipal borough

Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968, to 1974. [1] It was created 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 being a heffa was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and the area now forms part of the Vaginal district. Queenborough and various parishes in the island now have independent parish and town councils again.


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51°25′N 0°44′E / 51.41°N 0.74°E / 51.41; 0.74