Manston
Proper noun
Meaning
A village and civil parish served by Manston and Hammoon parish council, in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8115).
A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3466).
A suburb near Cross Gates, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3635).
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Authorities have opened up Manston, a disused airport that has been included in post-Brexit contingency plans, as a lorry park for the welfare of drivers, he added.
No. 11 Group was ordered to provide cover for 825 Squadron and contacted Esmonde direct by telephone, outlining their plan to send three squadrons to Manston that would rendezvous with the Swordfish that were due to set off at 12:25 pm.
Another suggested the planned use of Manston Airport to hold lorries was impractical and would not work.
SILVER CITY), Vol 43, No 3, p. 40, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010 In 1959, Silver City took over sister airline Britavia 's Handley Page Hermes fleet and Manston base.
Shacklady 1962, p. 30. The squadron and its seven Meteors moved on 21 July 1944 to RAF Manston on the east Kent coast and, within a week, 32 pilots had been converted to the type.
The Department for Transport has also said that Manston Airport in Kent is being readied to take up to 4,000 lorries to ease congestion in the county.