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parkeston

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
parke-ston
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and quay in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England, built around 1883 and named after C. H. Parkes, Great Eastern Railway chairman (OS grid ref TM2332).

name

A suburb of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia, probably named after Henry Parkes.

Etymology

From the surname Parkes + -ton.

Questions

What does parkeston mean?
A village and quay in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England, built around 1883 and named after C. H. Parkes, Great Eastern Railway chairman (OS grid ref TM2332).
Where does parkeston come from?
From the surname Parkes + -ton.

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