Abergavenny grew as a town in early Norman times under the protection of the Lords of Abergavenny.

In the following centuries the monastery and the adjoining village ( Onoldsbach ) grew to become the town of Ansbach ( called a town in 1221 for the first time ).

On both sides of the road, the local settlement, Bonna, grew into a sizeable Roman town.

The town gained more influence and grew considerably.

The town, first mentioned in 902, grew up by the castle ( Babenberch ) which gave its name to the Babenberg family.

The town that grew up around it was called " Casa Branca ", meaning " white house " in Portuguese.

The town grew up around the Benedictine Cluny Abbey, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910.

The town grew up as a settlement next to a fort constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell's invasion during the English Civil War, and then to suppress the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century.

This encouraged population growth, and the town grew from 4, 500 inhabitants in 1920 to 6, 000 in 1936.

In addition, the Gram Parsons Tribute, in Waycross, Georgia, is a music festival remembering Parsons in the town in which he grew up.

He grew up in Komárom, Hungary and the Hungarian language university in that town bears his name.

The town grew further in the 17th century when the Dutch economy as a whole entered its age of prosperity, and several canals were built connecting it indirectly to Amsterdam.

From that time the town grew quickly with rich commuters from Amsterdam moving in, building themselves large villas in the wooded surroundings, and gradually starting to live in Hilversum permanently.

Built mainly of wood, it was destroyed during the revolt of Boudica in AD 60-61, but was rebuilt and grew to feature many impressive town houses and public buildings.

While the settlement today referred to as Hedeby / Haithabu lies on the south side of the Schlei inlet, the settlement that grew up at around the same time on the north side has had a continuous history of habitation to modern times, and has now grown into the town known as Schleswig and given its name to the surrounding province.

Soon after Locke's birth, the family moved to the market town of Pensford, about seven miles south of Bristol, where Locke grew up in a rural Tudor house in Belluton.

The beginning of Polish parish in modern times is connected to him In XIX century Polish population of the town consisted among others of Polish soldiers in Prussian service stationed in the city, salt refining specialists from Ciechocinek, political prisoners in local Prussian and permanent Polish inhabitants In the second half of XIX century the Polish community further increased with arrival of Polish workers During the period 1875-1914 an active Polish community grew and through its funds a Catholic school and the Church of Saint Marcin where masses in Polish were held ( initially throughout the season, after about 1890 all the year ), were established.

Louis grew up in the town of Arbois.

Throughout Portugal's Estado Novo period, Luanda grew from a town of 61, 208 with 14. 6 % of those inhabitants being white in 1940, to a wealthy cosmopolitan major city of 475, 328 in 1970 with 124, 814 Europeans ( 26. 3 %) and around 50, 000 mixed race inhabitants.

The population grew suddenly in the middle of the tenth century when people fleeing the nearby town of Roselle took up residence in the town.

The original motels were small, locally owned businesses which grew up around the then-expanding networks of two-lane highways which were to serve as Main Street in every town along the way.

It also showed the first year-round trading presence in New Netherland, Fort Nassau, which would be replaced in 1624 by Fort Orange, which eventually grew into the town of Beverwyck, now Albany.

A small town grew up near the prison.

She signed the letters quickly, stamped them, and placed them on the hall table for Raphael to mail in town.

The forks of the Kalamazoo River provided power for mills, and Albion quickly became a mill town as well as an agricultural market.

Originally based on linen, this quickly moved to wool and factories multiplied, driving the growth of the town.

The indigenous population was quickly converted and the first mosque in the Philippines was built in the mid 14th century in the town of Simunul.

He picked up a masters degree from Yale for giving an oral dissertation to the Yale graduating class, and later that year opened a small, private school in western Connecticut that was an instant success, though he quickly closed it and left town — likely due to a failed romance.

The capital was moved south to the town of Charlestown, and the island's successful sugar trade quickly bounced back.

Upon receiving full control in 1713, the British soon moved the island's capital to the town of Basseterre in 1727, and St. Kitts quickly took off as a leader in sugar production in the Caribbean.

He and his troops did not stay for long, however, as the town was quickly engulfed by the plague, which ultimately killed Piccolomini himself in December 1689.

The Texian garrison was completely unprepared for the arrival of the Mexican army and had to quickly gather food from the town to supply the Alamo.

Initially known as New Lancaster, and later shortened by city ordinance ( 1805 ), the town quickly grew ; formal incorporation as a city came in 1831.

The town and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s.

Clarence still exists as a town, but Willink was quickly subdivided completely into other towns.

From then on, the town developed quickly to become the largest harbour in the region.

With the end of the Cold War, many in the area feared a shutdown of Hanford, followed by the Tri-Cities quickly becoming a ghost town.

The town grew quickly ; the population doubled between 1890 and 1900.

King Edward I brought his armies to Perth in 1296 and with only a ditch for defence and little fortification, the town fell quickly.

Stronger fortifications were quickly implemented by the English, and plans to wall the town took shape in 1304.

George quickly realizes what has happened and gets his family to the safety of the town.

The unrest caused an army to be sent to stop the unrest in the town, which was pacified quickly.

In the mid-13th century the town was destroyed by the Mongol invasion of Ögedei Khan, but it quickly recovered.

The town grew quickly as new mines, quarries and factories were constructed.

The Earps quickly find Tombstone a lawless town.

The Abbey relatively quickly fell into disuse and eventual disrepair after its dissolution at the Reformation, the lead from the roof rumoured to have been used in the 16th century civil wars and the stonework plundered for housebuilding throughout the town.

Constantine ordered his forces to set its gates on fire and scale its walls, and took the town quickly.