Historically, large Irish American communities have been found in Philadelphia ; Chicago ; Boston ; New York City ; Detroit ; New England ; Baltimore ; Pittsburgh ; St. Paul, Minnesota ; Buffalo ; Broome County ; Los Angeles ; and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Historically part of the parish of St Margaret in the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England ( and later the British government ) for almost a thousand years.

Historically, the transformation from a small church to the equivalent of a mainland European cathedral was begun in 1309 under Sir John Truesdale, Vicar of St. Botolph's at a time of historical change and upheaval across the continent and England following the arrests of the Templar's by Phillippe the Fair of France on Friday 13 October 1307.

Historically, the Northern Arrow and other rail lines provided passenger traffic to Petoskey and Bay View, Michigan from as far as Chicago and St. Louis, but these were discontinued in the late 20th century.

Historically part of the parish of Guiseley, the church of St Paul was once the private chapel of the old manor house.

Historically, the Bedford Estate defined the boundary of Covent Garden, with Drury Lane to the east, the Strand to the south, St. Martin's Lane to the west, and Long Acre to the north.

Historically, one notable Pinot noir wine was the St Helena 1984 from the Canterbury region.

Historically, the name Somers Town was used of the larger triangular area between the Pancras, Hampstead, and Euston Roads, but it is now taken to mean the rough rectangle bounded by Pancras Road, Euston Road, Eversholt Street, Crowndale Road, and the railway approaches to St Pancras Station ; that is to say, the area about 200 metres east and west of Chalton Street.

Historically, Mont Saint-Michel was the Norman counterpart of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, UK when it was given to the Benedictines, religious order of Mont Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.

Historically, St Catharine's position has been unexceptional and in the controversial annual league table of colleges placed towards the middle.

Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France ( which shares the same tidal island characteristics and the same conical shape ), when it was given to the Benedictines, religious order of Mont Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.

Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated about midway ( about 15 miles from each ) between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool, to the east of St Helens, to the north of Warrington and to the south of Wigan.

Historically, the town is most noted as the origin of the Lincolnshire Rising, the forerunner of Pilgrimage of Grace, on 1 October 1536, starting in St. James Church, Louth.

Historically Middle Bass has also been called Ile de Fleurs and North Bass was known as Isle St. George.

Historically, US head shops proliferated on St. Mark's Place in New York City's East Village, in West Los Angeles, and in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.

Historically, the Hiawathas were operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ( also known as the " Milwaukee Road ") and initially traveled from Chicago to the Twin Cities in Minnesota.

Historically, it is unclear where the apostrophe lies in " Great St. Mary's ", and even which St. Mary it was, and why it is " Great ".

Historically, these milky bands were thought to be Mother Mary's milk, and this is the origin of another common name, St. Mary's thistle.

Historically the mother church to the area, St Mary's is now one of four churches in the team ministry along with Calmore, Netley Marsh and Testwood.

Historically, Newtown St Boswells was a centre for milling grain, with watermills on its burns ).

Historically, ninety-seven species of fish were native to the St. Joseph River Basin.

Historically the Spanish influenced the Guale and Mocama chiefdoms by establishing missions in their major settlements, from St. Catherine's Island south to Fort George Island ( at present-day Jacksonville, Florida ).

Historically, the parish of Cramond extended from the shore of the Firth of Forth in the north to the parish of Corstorphine in the south, and was bounded on the west by the parishes of Dalmeny and Kirkliston and on the east by the parish of St Cuthbert's.

Historically, however, the concept is one that has been of marked benefit to the people of the Western civilizational group.

Historically, religion has also functioned as a tremendous engine of vindication, enforcement, sanction, and perpetuation of various other institutions.

Historically re is the formative that is employed also in republic, and al is the common suffix.

Historically in America the appeal of cities has been their color and life, the variety of experience they offered.

Historically, the flaming sword laid across this Eden is the Civil War.

Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws.

Historically, others have titled their appellate court a court of errors ( or court of errors and appeals ), on the premise that it was intended to correct errors made by lower courts.

Historically abscesses as well as boils and many other collections of pus have been treated via application of magnesium sulfate ( Epsom salt ) paste.

Historically, the Western tradition identifies the general custom of praying for the dead dating as far back as 2 Maccabees 12: 42-46.

Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia.

Historically, in some Celtic monasteries abbesses presided over joint-houses of monks and nuns, the most famous example being Saint Brigid of Kildare's leadership in the founding of the monastery at Kildare in Ireland.

Historically, it was of particular relevance to sailing warships which used them to outmaneuver opponents when the wind had dropped but might be used by any vessel in confined, shoal water to place it in a more desirable position, provided she had enough manpower.

Historically, the coast around Königsberg in Prussia was the world's leading source of amber.

Historically, they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin.

Historically, the size of farms and landed estates in the United Kingdom was usually expressed in acres ( or acres, roods, and perches ), even if the number of acres was so large that it might conveniently have been expressed in square miles.

Historically, the university has shown great athletic dominance in men's, women's, and mixed archery ; men's, women's, and mixed badminton ; women's golf ; women's swimming and diving ; and baseball.

Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat, while in modern times, its main use is that of a recreational activity.

Historically, this has sometimes been the only way to allocate " dynamic memory " portably.

Historically, the blót was an event that focused on a communal sacrifice at various times of the year for a number of purposes.

Historically, the main dispute between the national organizations has generally centered on the interpretation of " Nordic heritage " as either something cultural, or as something genetic or racial.

An alternate explanation of the red fox's gains involves the gray wolf: Historically, it has kept red fox numbers down, but as the wolf has been hunted to near extinction in much of its former range, the red fox population has grown larger, and it has taken over the niche of top predator.

Historically, it was often sung as a sea chanty.

Historically the custom-built fully armored assault guns usually mounted the gun or howitzer in a fully enclosed casemate on a tank chassis.

Historically, before the advent of widespread digital technology, ASP was the only method by which to manipulate a signal.

Historically, the use of two guns at once, one in each hand, is most associated with the American Old West, where revolvers holding only six rounds of ammunition were the highest capacity handguns available and reloading was a slow process.