Queenborough-in-Sheppey

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. In 1971 it had a population of 31,590.^[2] It incorporated the following parishes:

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

Queenborough-in-Sheppey
Population
• 1971	31,590
History
• Created	1968
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Swale
Status	Municipal borough and civil parish

On 1 April 1974, it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 to form Swale district.^[3] The parish was also abolished. No successor parish was formed so it became unparished.^[4] A charter trustees was formed to preserve the borough status of the former borough.^[5] 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