Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Hampshire and the Solent Combined Authority is a proposed combined authority in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, England. Proposals have come about as a result of the English Devolution Bill . The region would have a directly elected mayor .
The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE) is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, 2 to 5 miles (3 to 8 kilometres) off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island in England.
In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, nearly 55% of Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight) voted in favour of Brexit. [96] Gosport was the area that voted to Leave with the highest majority (64%), while Winchester was the area that voted to Remain with the highest majority (59%).
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in South East England. [6] The force area includes Southampton, the largest city in South East England, and the naval city of Portsmouth. [6]
The borough councils were merged with the county council on 1 April 1995, to form a single unitary authority, the Isle of Wight Council. The only significant present-day administrative link with Hampshire is the police service, the Hampshire Constabulary, which is joint between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. [citation needed]
The Hampshire Militia was an auxiliary military force in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in Southern England.From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 until their final service as the Special Reserve, the Militia regiments of the county served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars.
This is a list of settlements in the county of Hampshire, England.Places highlighted in bold type are towns or cities.. The Isle of Wight was in Hampshire until 1890. [a] Bournemouth and adjacent parishes in the far west [b] were transferred to the ceremonial and administrative county of Dorset in 1974.
The Hampshire Trained Bands were a part-time military force recruited from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in Southern England.First organised in 1572 from earlier levies, they were periodically embodied for home defence and internal security, including the Spanish Armada campaign in 1588 and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.