Lichfield

Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire, 110 miles northwest of London and 14 miles north of Birmingham. Famous for its three-spired Cathedral, Lichfield lies in pleasant country, on a small stream draining eastward to the Trent, with low hills to the east and south. It is the main town in the Lichfield district. The population of the district according to the 2001 census is 93,237; of the city itself 27,900.

Famous Lichfeldians

• Samuel Johnson - Celebrated 18th Century writer of the first English Dictionary
• David Garrick - Most famous actor of the 18th Century
• Erasmus Darwin - Scientist, inventor and literary man, grandfather of Charles Darwin
• Joseph Addison - Politician and Writer
• Thomas Day- Writer
• Anna Seward - Romantic poet, memorialist and letter writer
• Elias Ashmole - Founder of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
• Helen Baxendale - Actress
• Muzio Clementi - Composer, lived for a time in what is now the Hedgehog public house.