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Lichfield (other)
Lichfield is a city in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield may also refer to: Associated with the English city * Lichfield Cathedral * Lichfield City railway station * Lichfield Trent Valley railway station * Lichfield (district), a local government district * Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency) * Lichfield and Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency) * Earl of Lichfield, a peerage * Countess of Lichfield (other), including a list of women who have held the title * Lichfield Canal * Lichfield Cricket Club * Lichfield Gospels, an eighth century book of the Gospels * Diocese of Lichfield ** Archdeacon of Lichfield ** Bishop of Lichfield ** Dean of Lichfield, including a list of people who have held the title People * Nathaniel Lichfield (1916–2009), British urban and environmental planner * Paul W. Litchfield (1875–1959), American inventor, industrialist, and author * Richard Lichfield (died 1630), British surgeon * Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939–2005), En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichfield
Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west of Burton Upon Trent. At the time of the 2011 Census, the population was estimated at 32,219 and the wider Lichfield District at 100,700. Notable for its three-spired medieval cathedral, Lichfield was the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, the writer of the first authoritative ''Dictionary of the English Language''. The city's recorded history began when Chad of Mercia arrived to establish his Bishopric in 669 AD and the settlement grew as the ecclesiastical centre of Mercia. In 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork, was found south-west of Lichfield. The development of the city was consolidated in the 12th century under Roger de Clinton, who fortified the Cathedral Close and also laid ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
