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Parkhurst Forest, Carisbrooke par., Isle of Wight, in NW. vicinity of Newport; was the first royal chase established in England; in E. vicinity are the Albany Barracks (1798), now always called " Parkhurst," and Parkhurst Prison, erected in 1838 as a juvenile reformatory.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Administrative units: | Carisbrooke Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Parkhurst |
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