society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town by situation
thoroughfare1424
thoroughfare town1515
outtown?1517
sea-town1578
frontier1604
by-town1683
out-borough1832
out-township1837
1683 Royal Procl. in London Gaz. No. 1856/2 A Settled Post in or near particular By-Towns, or Places lying on the Post Road.