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Philadelphia
Philadelphia in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Philadelphia is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Philadelphia is a village in the City of Sunderland, England. It lies on the A182 road between Newbottle and Shiney Row. It is named after the American city of Philadelphia.
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Background
History
Unlike nearby Washington, it post-dates its namesake in the United States, being named during the American Revolutionary War either, to commemorate the British capture of the city, The village cricket field is named "Bunker Hill", after another famous battle in that war. What may have started as a single farm, expanded substantially by the installing of 2 pits named: 'Margret' or 'Peggy', sunk in the 18th c.; and 'Dorethea' or 'Dolly', sunk in the 1810s. by 1821 the population had risen to 2,306. }} Philadelphia was the place of the 1815 Philadelphia train accident, the explosion of the boiler of an early steam locomotive. The number of deaths (16, other sources state 13) was the highest in…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8650, -1.4833
Sources
- wikidata: Q7182605 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Philadelphia?
- Philadelphia is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8650°, -1.4833°.