Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches.

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.

Originally known as the Fair Park Bowl, it is located in Fair Park, site of the State Fair of Texas.

Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe.

Originally based in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, the current site was donated by Lady Milner following the death of Lord ( Alfred ) Milner in 1925.

Originally founded in what is now the archaeological site Ciudad Vieja, north of the present-day city, it was moved to the Valle de Las Hamacas or the Acelhuate Valley, named so due to the intense seismic activity that characterizes it.

Originally located in the convent of St Barbara, the university moved to the Faliede Bagijn Church in 1577 ( now the location of the University museum ) and in 1581 to the convent of the White Nuns, a site which it still occupies, though the original building was destroyed by fire in 1616.

Originally the site of a military base in the 18th and early 19th centuries, development of the site into a governmental precinct began in 1859, after Bytown was chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the Province of Canada.

Originally known as Patrick Henry Field ( hence its airline code letters " PHF "), it was built on the site of Camp Patrick Henry, formerly a World War II facility.

Originally the site of the Forum had been marshy ground, which was drained by the Tarquins with the Cloaca Maxima.

Originally extending west to the California line, it included the site of present day Las Vegas, Nevada.

Originally, the city pursued construction of an auto mall on the entire Savi Ranch site.

Originally inhabited by the Maidu and Miwok Indians, by the mid-19th century the city site was known as Alder Grove ; however, as development increased the city became known as Illinoistown.

Originally brought to life by the pioneers of the timber industry, the town of Graeagle was the site of the Graeagle Lumber Company and its “ Box Factory ” owned by the California Fruit Exchange.

Originally platted along the right-of-way for the Hennepin Canal, in 1837, the village site was called in land speculation papers " Hampton " ( not the town in Illinois, approximately 13 miles north-northeast, on the Mississippi River — see Hampton, Illinois for more ).

Originally Stables, Louisiana, the town was renamed when 200 members of the Socialist commune Llano Del Rio Cooperative Colony in California relocated to this site in 1917, giving the town its present name.

Originally settled by the Nauset tribe, Eastham was the site where in 1621 a hunting expedition comprised from the crew of the sailing vessel Mayflower, which had stopped in Provincetown harbor on Cape Cod Bay after a rough crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, which led to the first encounter of the Pilgrims and the local Nauset Indians at First Encounter Beach.

Originally an important fur trading site in early years of French colonization, St. Ignace declined in importance by the early 19th century with changes in ruling classes and the regional economy.

Originally named " Fairchild City ," or just " The City ," after Alpheus Fairchild, who bought most of today's village in 1798 from John A. DeWitt, Fairchild had a dwelling erected on part of the site where the George and John R. Hunt Memorial Building stands today.

Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology Group, Omidyar's consulting firm.

Kershaw County ’ s official web site states, “ Originally laid out in 1732 as the town of Fredericksburg in the Wateree River swamp ( south of the present town ) when King George III ordered eleven inland townships established along South Carolina's rivers, few of the area settlers chose to take lots surveyed in the town, choosing the higher ground to the north.

Originally called Rockport or Rockland Flats, this was the site of the first Ferry crossing in the area, beginning in 1854.

Originally the site where the windmill now resides was a farm that produced hay, vegetables, fruit and dairy products.

Originally, the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award, named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s.

Originally, Jewish Christians met in synagogues, such as the Cenacle, and in one another's homes, known as house churches.

Originally from the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, India ( known by Europeans as Calicut in the 11th century ).

Originally denoting a consonant / h /, its sound value in the classical Attic dialect of Ancient Greek was a long vowel, raised to in medieval Greek, a process known as iotacism.

Originally known as " Eastern Swing " by Arthur Murray Studios, the name East Coast Swing became more common between 1975 and 1980.

Originally the term FAQ referred to the Frequently Answered Question itself, and the compilation of questions and answers was known as a FAQ list or some similar expression.

Originally developed on IRIX, Freeciv has been ported to many different operating systems: it is distributed with many Linux distributions, offers installers for Microsoft Windows, and has been known to run on Mac OS X, Solaris, Ultrix, QNX, OS / 2, Cygwin, AmigaOS, RISC OS, Maemo, ZETA, SkyOS and various BSDs.

Originally only those fans who were known to have been active in fandom before the cutoff date, January 1, 1938, were eligible.

Originally called " Victory ", but generally known simply as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it was officially renamed in 1946 to honour the FIFA President Jules Rimet who in 1929 passed a vote to initiate the competition.

Arturo Molina Jr. ( born May 31, 1964 ), better known as Frost ( Originally Kid Frost ), is a Mexican American hip hop artist.

Originally, simple and tasteful engravings known as horimono were added for religious reasons.

Originally known as mi hou tao ( 猕猴桃 ) or yang tao ( 杨桃 ), it is declared as a " National Fruit " of China.

Originally the word was a colloquial name for a group of the harmless buriers of the dead during the Black Death, in the 14th century, known as Alexians, Alexian Brothers or Cellites.

Originally established as the Wrexham School of Science and Art in 1887, it was until the name change known as the North East Wales Institute or " NEWI ".

Originally, it was known as " Octans Hadleianus " in honor of the octant's inventor, John Hadley, who devised it in 1730.

Originally, Moscow processions began inside the Kremlin and terminated at Trinity Church, now known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, but in 1658 Patriarch Nikon reversed the order of procession.

Originally it was brewed and also contained ginger ( known as the Boyle component ), but nowadays it consists of carbonated water, sugar, and citric acid.

Originally, this sushi was known as Edomae zushi because it used freshly caught fish in the Edo-mae ( Edo Bay or Tokyo Bay ).

Originally a reformist movement, this tradition is particularly known for its emphasis on logic and debate.

Originally, plotting tables ( in large ships ), combined with specialised slide rules ( known in U. S. service as the " banjo " and " Is / Was "), reconciled the speed, distance, and course of a target with the firing ship's speed and course, together with the performance of its torpedoes, to provide a firing solution.

Originally, the player character was referred to as " the Stranger ", but by the end of Ultima IV he becomes universally known as the Avatar.

Originally a product available to only the Italian upper classes, a cheaper form of balsamic vinegar became widely known and available around the world in the late 20th century.

Originally called Weatherman, the group became known colloquially as the Weathermen although its full name, as given in official communiques, was the Weather Underground Organization or WUO.