Shepway

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Shepway was a former local government district in Kent, England, encompassing coastal towns such as Folkestone and Hythe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shepway canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former local government district
abolishedOn 1 April 2018
administrativeCentre Folkestone
borderedBy Ashford district
linked to: Ashford District

Canterbury district
linked to: Canterbury District

Dover district
linked to: Dover District

English Channel
Rother district
linked to: Rother District
containsFeature Channel Tunnel terminal at Folkestone
North Downs
Romney Marsh
containsProtectedArea Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
containsSettlement Dymchurch
Elham
Folkestone
Hawkinge
Hythe
Lydd
Lyminge
New Romney
Sandgate
Sellindge
St Mary’s Bay
Stelling Minnis
councilType district council
country United Kingdom
createdBy Local Government Act 1972
createdOn 1 April 1974
electoralBody Shepway District Council
linked to: Shepway District
governmentType non-metropolitan district
hasCoastlineOn English Channel
hasPostTown Folkestone
Hythe
Lydd
New Romney
ISO3166-2Code GB-KEN
locatedIn England
Kent
South East England
namedAfter Cinque Port of Shepway
partOf non-metropolitan county of Kent
precededBy Elham Rural District
Folkestone Municipal Borough
linked to: Folkestone

Hythe Municipal Borough
linked to: Hythe, Kent

New Romney Municipal Borough
linked to: New Romney

Romney Marsh Rural District
linked to: Romney Marsh
replacedBy Folkestone and Hythe District

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kent Police operatesIn Shepway
Stowting formerDistrict Shepway