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| | AllRefer.com - Birmingham, city, England (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
 | | The city is equidistant from Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, and London, England's main ports, and near the Black Country iron and coal deposits; it was connected to the Staffordshire mines by the Birmingham Canal in the 18th cent. |
 | | Birmingham is Britain's second largest city (in both area and population) and is the center of water, road, and rail transportation in the Midlands. |
 | | The Univ. of Birmingham is in the suburb of Edgbaston, as is the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a Roman Catholic shrine that was formerly the parish house of John Henry Cardinal Newman. |
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