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Lichfield

[lich-feeld]

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noun

a town in SE Staffordshire, in central England, N of Birmingham: birthplace of Samuel Johnson. 87,700.

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Lichfield (ˈlɪtʃˌfiːld)

—n
	a city in central England, in SE Staffordshire: cathedral with three spires (13th-14th century); birthplace of Samuel Johnson, during whose lifetime the Lichfield Group (a literary circle) flourished. Pop: 28 435 (2001)

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Lichfield

Licitfelda (c.710) "Open Land near Letocetum" (Celtic place name meaning "grey wood") + O.E. feld.

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Lichfield

city and district, administrative and historic county of Staffordshire, England, located on the northern margin of both the West Midlands plateau and the metropolitan complex centred on Birmingham

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