South Wight
Former local government district in England
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South Wight was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.
| South Wight | |
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| 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 |
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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. It was originally intended for there to be 1 single district for the Isle of Wight and for the Isle of Wight to be a district of Hampshire, it was later decided to have the Isle of Wight as a separate county and split it into 2 districts.[4] At the time of creation in 1974 "Sandown-Shanklin" was the only unparished area, it was split into the parishes of Lake, Sandown and Shanklin in 1984.[5]
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.[6]
