Medina, Isle of Wight

Medina
Area
  1974 28,949 acres (117.15 km2)[1]
Population
  1973[2] 64,790
  1992[3] 72,000
History
  Created 1974
  Abolished 1995
  Succeeded by Isle of Wight Council
Status non-metropolitan district, borough
  HQ Newport
  Motto Floreat Medina (May Medina flourish)

Medina 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 the municipal boroughs of Newport and Ryde along with the urban district of Cowes. It was one of two districts on the Island formed in 1974 - the other was South Wight.

"Medina" was an older name for Newport which has been preserved in the River 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°40′59″N 1°32′24″W / 50.6830°N 1.5401°W / 50.6830; -1.5401


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