Queenborough-in-Sheppey

{{Short description|Municipal borough in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{infobox historic subdivision|

|Name= Queenborough-in-Sheppey

|HQ=

|Status= Municipal borough and civil parish

|Start= 1968

|End= 1974

|Replace= Swale

|Image= Queenborough Creek.jpg

|PopulationLast= 31,590

|PopulationLastYear= 1971

}}

Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968 to 1974.{{Cite web | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10492051 |title = Queenborough in Sheppey MB through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10492051/cube/AGESEX_95UP|title=Population statistics Queenborough in Sheppey MB through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=19 January 2025}} It incorporated the following parishes:

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

On 1 April 1974, it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 to form Swale district.{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/22/made|title=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=9 July 2024}} The parish was also abolished. No successor parish was formed so it became unparished.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/sheppey.html|title=Sheppey Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=19 January 2025}} A charter trustees was formed to preserve the borough status of the former borough.{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1976-04-12/debates/d3a6a770-a0f1-45ea-ab22-55514941bec4/CharterTrustees|title=Charter Trustees|publisher=Hansard - UK Parliament|accessdate=19 January 2025}} Queenborough and various parishes in the island now have independent parish and town councils again.