South Wight

South Wight
Area
  1974 65,185 acres (263.79 km2)[1]
Population
  1973[2] 44,890
  1992[3] 53,600
History
  Created 1974
  Abolished 1995
  Succeeded by Isle of Wight
Status non-metropolitan district, borough
  HQ Newport

South Wight was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Sandown-Shanklin and Ventnor urban districts and Isle of Wight Rural District. It was one of two districts on the island formed in 1974 - the other was Medina.

Following a review by the Local Government Commission for England, the borough was abolished on 1 April 1995, when a single Isle of Wight Council replaced the island's county council and two district councils.[4]

References

  1. Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 61. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973
  3. OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992
  4. "The Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994". Office of Public Sector Information. 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2009.

Coordinates: 50°36′N 1°12′W / 50.6°N 1.2°W / 50.6; -1.2

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