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Place nameBirmingham
Other namesBremishcham, Brimingeham, Burmingeham, Bremingeham, Bermingeham
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude52.5
Longitude-1.833
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Nation's second largest city; market town 13th cen.; devastated by plague 1665; as home of many steam engine pioneers, it became nucleus of Industrial Revolution in Britain; severely damaged in WW II; site of experimental town-planning in early 20th cen.
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