What is Lichfield?
{{Infobox UK place | official_name=City of Lichfield | country=England | civil_parish=Lichfield | region=West Midlands | static_image=Lichfield Collage.jpg | static_image_caption=<small>From top left: [[Lichfield Cathedral]]; [[Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum]]; Quonians Lane; [[Lichfield Garrick Theatre|Garrick Theatre]]; Cityscape.</small> |static_image_2_name= |static_image_2_width= 75px |static_image_2_caption=<small>Coat of arms of Lichfield</small><br>'''Motto:''' ''Salve, magna parens'' (Hail great parent)<br><small></small> | area_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/cc-statistics.ihtml|title = Lichfield City Council - Statistics|publisher = |accessdate = |archive-date = 2011-07-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724162428/http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/cc-statistics.ihtml|url-status = dead}}</ref> | area_total_km2 =14.02 | population = 30,583 | population_ref = | population_density= {{convert|2181|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}} | os_grid_reference=SK115097 | latitude=52.6835 | longitude=-1.82653 | post_town=LICHFIELD | postcode_area=WS | postcode_district=WS13 WS14 | dial_code=01543 | constituency_westminster=[[Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Lichfield]] | london_distance={{convert|110|mi}} [[Boxing the compass|NNW]] | shire_district=[[Lichfield (district)|Lichfield]] | shire_county=[[Staffordshire]] | website= }} '''Lichfield''' is a small [[city]] in [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]. The first part of the name comes from a nearby [[Roman Britain|Roman-British]] [[village]] called ''Letocetum''. It was captured by the [[Germanic peoples|Mercia]]ns some time before 669, when it was called ''Licidfelth''. Between 786 and 803, the [[Christian]] [[archbishop]] in England was here, instead of [[Canterbury]]. ==References== {{Commonscat}} {{reflist}} {{English Cities|nocat=yes}} {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Staffordshire]] [[Category:Cities in England]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Staffordshire]]