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At that time there were 79 police officers in the Isle of Wight Constabulary. [2] With the Police Act 1946 in 1948 the Isle of Wight Constabulary was absorbed into the Hampshire Constabulary to become the Hampshire Joint Police Force, so once again policing of the island was by Hampshire even though the Isle of Wight remained an independent county.
1943 – Winchester City Police and Isle of Wight Constabulary forced to amalgamate with Hampshire as a war time measure. The amalgamation became permanent in 1947. [20] 1944 – Women Inspector appointed: Miss P Yates. [21] 1957 – On 1 April, the name of the force changed from Hampshire Constabulary to Hampshire and Isle of Wight ...
The Isle of Wight Festival was a very large rock festival that took place near Afton Down, West Wight in 1970, following two smaller concerts in 1968 and 1969. The 1970 show was notable both as one of the last public performances by Jimi Hendrix and for the number of attendees, reaching by some estimates 600,000. [ 56 ]
The Isle of Wight was historically part of Hampshire. It became an administrative county in 1890, and a ceremonial county in 1974 when it gained its own Lord Lieutenant . Previous plans in Hampshire have included a Solent Combined Authority in South Hampshire (potentially alongside the Isle of Wight) and a "Heart of Hampshire" deal including ...
On the Isle of Wight neolithic occupation is attested to by flint tool finds, pottery and monuments. The Isle of Wight's neolithic communities were agriculturalists, farming livestock and crops. The Isle of Wight's most recognisable neolithic site is the Longstone at Mottistone, the remains of an early Neolithic long barrow. Initially ...
Military history of the Isle of Wight (3 C, 5 P) ... Isle of Wight Constabulary; Isle of Wight Festival 1970; Isle of Wight Rural District; J. Rowland Jones (golfer) K.
Brad Spafford, 36, of Isle of Wight, Virginia, was arrested on Dec. 17 after federal agents executing a search warrant found more than 150 apparent explosive devices on Spafford's farm east of ...
The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Hampshire Police Authority. The incumbent is Donna Jones, who represents the Conservative Party. In November 2022, the force and PCC were renamed Hampshire and Isle of Wight. [1]