OS grid reference NZ333522 Region North East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Thursday 5:57 AM Dialling code 0191 | Metropolitan borough City of Sunderland Country England Post town HOUGHTON LE SPRING Metropolitan county Tyne and Wear | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Philadelphia is a village in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the A182 road between Newbottle and Shiney Row.
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Map of Philadelphia, Houghton le Spring, UK
History
Unlike nearby Washington, it post-dates its namesake in the United States, being named during the American Revolutionary War by a local colliery owner to commemorate the British capture of the city. The village cricket field is named "Bunker Hill", after another famous battle in that war.
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 a railway accident until 1842.
References
Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA