Until around 1830 visitors considered Accrington to be just a " considerable village ".

Until 2007, Gate House held secretive first-year initiation ceremonies called Traditionals, which involved writing slogans on campus buildings in chalk, singing songs to the all-women's residence ( who would then sing back to them ), and leading first-years around the house blindfolded.

Until European settlement, the area around Gosford was occupied by the Guringai peoples, with the Guringai being principally coastal-dwellers.

Until around 1949, Eccles believed that synaptic transmission was primarily electrical rather than chemical.

Until the 1970s there were no more than a dozen such sites around the moor, usually in the most inaccessible locations.

Until the release of The Corporation ( 2003 ), made by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, it was the most successful feature documentary in Canadian history, played theatrically in over 300 cities around the world ; won 22 awards ; appeared in more than 50 international film festivals ; and was broadcast in over 30 markets.

Until the invention of sub-diffraction microscopy, the wavelength of the light limited the resolution of traditional microscopy to around 0. 2 micrometers.

Until the 1970s, more than 120, 000 people sometimes crammed into the venue – the record crowd standing at around 130, 000 for a Billy Graham evangelistic crusade in 1959, followed by 121, 696 for the 1970 VFL Grand Final.

Until around 1800, nails were made by hand, and were provided by an artisan known as a nailer or nailor.

Until the early 20th century, these tribes had little contact with the Nama, Damara, and Herero, who settled around the central part of the country vying for control of sparse pastureland.

Until the late eighteenth century, the principal towns were on the east coast — Al Huwayla, Fuwayrit, and Al Bida — and the modern city of Doha developed around the largest of these, Al Bida.

Until then, a king who ruled by the grace of God had been the center around which everything turned.

Until around 1800, shoes were made without differentiation for the left or right foot.

Until the 13th century, the village farming communities were mainly on the northern plains around Anuradhapura and then Polonnaruwa, but they later shifted to the southwest.

Until its repeal, most extensions to copyright law were based around provisions found in the Statute of Anne.

Until the Florida Marlins arrived in 1993, Arlington Stadium was often the hottest stadium in the Majors, with temperatures frequently topping around 100 degrees throughout the months of summer.

Until recently, the regions surrounding Bucharest were largely rural, but after 1989, new suburbs started to be built around Bucharest, in the surrounding Ilfov county.

Until around 1600, the O ' Donnells were one of Ireland's richest and most powerful Gaelic ( native Irish ) ruling-families.

Until the advent of vinyl around the 1940s, most gramophone records were pressed from shellac compounds.

Until recently, fossil findings indicated that grasses evolved around 55 million years ago.

Until the late 1980s PRC used quotation marks around terms for all official ROC positions and organisations such as " President " and " government " to imply non-recognition, a practice that was reciprocated by the ROC.

Until around the turn of the millennium, the smooth newt was named Triturus vulgaris rather than Lissotriton vulgaris, and will be found under that name in most books and many websites ..

Until about 1930, there was only one building ( part of Bath Road Farm ) on the north side of Bath Road between The Magpies ( an area around and opposite the north exit of the recent Heathrow Road ), and Longford ; other buildings were built afterwards there before WWII, including two factories ( Technicolor and Penguin Books ).

Until the 1950s, Carpentersville consisted of a street grid along the Fox River centered around Main Street, which was the only highway bridge across the Fox River between Algonquin and Dundee.

Until the early Middle Ages the region around Weesp was an uninhabited peat bog.

Until 1912, Hilbert was almost exclusively a " pure " mathematician.

Until he died in 1912, Henry controlled his company town, installing relatives in positions of civic authority.

Until 1912, USC students ( especially athletes ) were known as Fighting Methodists or Wesleyans, though neither name was approved by the university.

Until 1912, when the Canadian YMCAs formed their own national council, the YMCAs were jointly administered by the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America.

Until 1912, the region was part of the District of Ungava of the Northwest Territories.

** Until 27 August 1912 — weather, wind, tide, current, wave, moon, season, other natural phenomenon, plants

Until 1912, an inscription in Ottoman Turkish verse above the door dated the structure to AH 942 ( 1535 – 1536 ).

Until 1912, the summit resembled a sugarloaf until a geological fault and possibly nearby alum and ironstone mining caused its collapse.

Until 1912 this could not have been staged for a British audience.

Until the Meiji period ( 1868 – 1912 ), shrines as we know them today were rare.

Until the Balkan Wars 1912 / 1913, the Bulgarian Exarchate disposed of a total of 23 bishoprics in Bulgaria, most of the Torlaks-populated area ( in 1878 partly ceded by the Ottoman Empire to Serbia ) and Macedonia: Vidin, Vratsa, Nish ( till 1878 ), Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Rousse, Silistra, Varna, Preslav, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Pirot ( till 1878 ), Plovdiv, Sofia, Samokov, Kyustendil, Skopje, Debar, Bitola, Ohrid, Veles, Strumitsa and Nevrokop ; also it was represented by acting chairmen in charge in eight other bishoprics in Macedonia and the Adrianople Vilayet ( Lerin / Florina /, Voden / Edessa /, Kostur / Kastoria /, Solun / Thessaloniki /, Kukush / Kilkis /, Syar / Serres /, Odrin / Adrianople / and Xanthi ).

Until his death HRH prince Otto von Habsburg ( 1912 – 2011 ) held the title of protector of the grand priory of Austria.

Until 1912 it was named the Imperial Maritime Customs Service.

Until 1972 it was a separate municipality, having been incorporated first as the Town of Transcona in 1912 and then as the City of Transcona in 1961.

Until 1912, there had been no new police stations constructed in Boston in 30 years and the existing stations had not been significantly altered since before the Civil War.

Until that first dedication service, he and Lois felt their children were too young to take part in any religious life at home.

Until the 1980s, the flagship of the ocean-going navy was the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais ( the ex-British HMS Vengeance ), which has been in service since 1945.

Until 1999, GBC retransmitted BBC Prime, but was relaunched as a community-based service focusing on local news and other items of local interest.

Until 1999, the Gallipoli dawn service was held at the Ari Burnu war cemetery at Anzac Cove, but the growing numbers of attendees resulted in the construction of a more spacious site on North Beach, Gallipoli, known as the " Anzac Commemorative Site ".

Until 1995 it was the standard access software provided by British dial-up internet service provider Demon Internet.

Until 3 July 2011, when Arriva took over bus operations, there were approximately 500 buses in public transit service in Malta, most of them privately owned by the bus drivers themselves, and operated to a unified timetable set by the transport authority.

Until the end of the Cold War nearly all men reaching the age of military service were conscripted.

Until her marriage, Lucy was in service with Mrs. Vincent, and besides that very little is known about her past.

Until very recently the Italian police ( including the Carabinieri ) operated only Italian-made vehicles, but that changed with the introduction of Land Rover Defenders and Subarus into service.

Until 1997, the Amtrak Desert Wind train service ran through Las Vegas using the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.

Until the 15th century, the funeral service for a deceased doge would normally be held at St Mark's Basilica, where some early holders of this office are also buried.

Until 1971 Austrian males were obligated to serve nine months in the armed forces, followed by four days of active service every two years for training and inspection.

Until 1996, France had compulsory military service of young men.

Until a few years ago, a horse-bus service, the " Holt Flyer ", ran between the Railway Tavern in the town centre and the new railway station, timed to connect with trains.

Until the time of the airport's construction, the only air service to the island was provided by seaplanes.

Until 1967, passenger service was provided by the Monon Railroad, providing service to Chicago, Lafayette, Greencastle and Bloomington, Indiana.

Until 1991 it was the terminal of Amtrak's Calumet commuter service.

to the 1980s, Until 1950 the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad provided both passenger and freight service from Annapolis to Baltimore ; passenger service ended in February 1950 due to increased competition from buses and private automobiles, but freight service continued until Hurricane Agnes did so much damage to a trestle crossing the Severn River in Annapolis that the trestle was condemned for use by trains by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960s ( The trestle remained as a haven for fishermen and crabbers until it was dismantled ).

Until the canal was placed in service bypassing Smith's Falls, most of the traffic stopped at Lapidum, across the Susquehanna River since it was easier to run the rapids on the south side.

Until 1959 the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad provided train service to New Bedford from Boston and from Providence via Taunton.

Until his selection in early 2006 to serve as borough administrator, Ron Dobies was the longest-tenured mayor in New Jersey with 26 years of service to Middlesex.

Until January 14, 1983, Newtown was served by SEPTA's Fox Chase / Newtown Line commuter rail service.