Parkhurst
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname.
A suburban area and prison in north-west Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4990).
A northern suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.
A suburb of Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Examples
A downtown Augusta revival had been on a slow simmer for about a decade, ever since Tobias Parkhurst, then 30, retired from professional skateboarding and came home to take over his family’s Augusta glazing business.
Albany and Parkhurst were among the few Category A prisons in the UK until they were downgraded in the 1990s.
In 1901, 100 Model 1898 rifles, and 100 Model 1899 carbines were fitted with a Parkhurst Clip Loading Attachment to test use of Mauser-type stripper clips.
It was built on the site of an army camp (both Albany and Parkhurst were barracks); there is a small estate of tree-lined roads with onetime officers' quarters (now privately owned) to the south and east.
The Blue Jays are slated to host the state cross country meet on Oct. 24 at Parkhurst Recreational Area.
A permanent-style fish house broke through the ice on Pipestem Reservoir this week as seen Thursday near the Parkhurst area.