Lichfield
Coordinates: 52°41′01″N 1°49′36″W / 52.6835°N 1.82653°W
Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire, England.
| City of Lichfield | |
 From top left: Lichfield Cathedral; Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum; Quonians Lane; Garrick Theatre; Cityscape. |
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 City of Lichfield shown within Staffordshire | |
| Area | 14.02 km2 (5.41 sq mi) [1] |
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| Population | 30,583 |
| - Density | 2,181/km2 (5,650/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SK115097 |
| - London | 110 miles (180 km) NNW |
| Civil parish | Lichfield |
| District | Lichfield |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LICHFIELD |
| Postcode district | WS13 WS14 |
| Dialling code | 01543 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Lichfield |
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The first part of the name comes from a nearby Roman-British village called Letocetum. It was captured by the Mercians some time before 669, when it was called Licidfelth. Between 786 and 803, the Christian archbishop in England was here, instead of Canterbury.
Lichfield Media
The three-spired Lichfield Cathedral was built between 1195 and 1249
The Staffordshire Hoard was discovered in a field near Lichfield
Lichfield Cathedral in modern times.
A Plan of the City and Close of Lichfield in 1781
Samuel Johnson was born in Breadmarket Street in 1709
Statue of Dr Johnson in Lichfield's Market Square"The Doctor's statue, which is of some inexpensive composite painted a shiny brown, and of no great merit of design, fills out the vacant dulness of the little square in much the same way as his massive personality occupies—with just a margin for Garrick—the record of his native town."—Henry James, Lichfield and Warwick, 1872
Photograph by Richard Cockle Lucas (sculptor) of Johnson statue taken in 1859
The Tudor Café in Bore Street was built in 1510
Lichfield Garrick Theatre was built in 2003
References
- ↑ "Lichfield City Council - Statistics". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
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