The French government developed the town as a fortified port.

The town was developed as a port following the Norman invasion of Ireland.

The town was developed as a port in the 19th century, largely as part of the Slave trade.

It was originally developed as a port for the slave trade.

It developed as a port for packet boats in the seventeenth century.

For this reason, no large towns developed there historically and it was never developed as a significant port.

It developed as a port around the 15th century AD.

After the river had been diverted to King's Lynn, the town developed as a port.

Due mainly to its shallow entrance, Pittwater was never developed as a commercial port.

However, from the 1890s the village developed as a port for the local stone quarries.