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	Lichfield
		Lichfield is a city of Staffordshire, 118 miles northwest of London and 24 miles northeast of Birmingham.
		Lichfield sent two members to the parliament of 1304 and to a few succeeding parliaments, but the representation did not become regular until 1552; in 1867 it lost one member, and in 1885 its representation was merged in that of the county.
		The cathedral authorities with a certain following were for the king, but the townsfolk generally sided with the parliament, and this led to the fortification of the close in 1643.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/Lichfield.html (910 words)

	House of secular canons - Lichfield cathedral: To the Reformation \| British History Online
		Lichfield was one of these grants, and Wilfrid decided that it should become the seat of the hitherto peripatetic bishops of the Mercians.
		The duties of the treasurer are described in elaborate detail: he was the custodian of the treasures of the cathedral and responsible for the lighting of the church and for maintaining, through his deputy the sacrist, the supply of candles, bread, wine, incense, water, coals, and rushes.
		482) According to the Valor Ecclesiasticus Lichfield was the poorest of the secular cathedrals in 1535, (fn.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=37838 (19685 words)

	Lichfield Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.
		Bishop Hacket began the restoration of the Cathedral in the 1660s, aiding by substantial funds donated by the restored monarch, but it was not until the 19th century that the damage caused by the Civil War was fully repaired.
		Although the 18th century was a Golden Age for the City of Lichfield, it was a period of decay for the cathedral.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lichfield_Cathedral (1452 words)

	BBC Stoke & Staffordshire 360° - Lichfield Cathedral
		Lichfield lies in the county of Staffordshire and boasts a splendid medieval cathedral.
		The Cathedral was expanded by the addition of a Lady Chapel, and there were perhaps as many as twenty altars around the Cathedral by 1500.
		Today, Lichfield Cathedral still stands at the heart of the Diocese and is a focus for the regular worship of God.
	www.bbc.co.uk /stoke/360/lichfieldcathedral/index.shtml (1044 words)

	GENUKI: Lichfield Cathedral
		It is 411 feet in length from east to west, and its three towers, rich in beautiful tracery, are surrounded by lofty and elegant spires, one rising from the centre to 258 feet, and two at the west end, rising to 183 feet.
		A transcript of the Lichfield Cathedral registers for the period 1660-1744 (Bapts & Bur) & 1665-1754 (Mar) was published by the Staffordshire Parish Register Society in 1974 and has been reprinted by the Birmingham & Midland SGH.
		Lichfield Cathedral's pages include a description of the cathedral and its history, many photographs and a plan of the building.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/STS/Lichfield/Cathedral/index.html (437 words)

	Lichfield cathedral
		The find which aroused much interest was that of a burial of the late 11th or early 12th century which was described in the local papers as being that of a ''pagan priest''.
		Although the burial now lies inside the cathedral, at the time the body was interred it lay outside the then Norman building, only ending up on the inside when the later 12th century Early English cathedral was built outside the old one.
		This is not the only interesting burial discovered at Lichfield Cathedral - during the 1860s when the floor was dug up for the laying of piping for the present heating system a grave was found of the late Viking period containing the skeleton of a man with a 5' hazel wand or staff.
	www.whitedragon.org.uk /articles/lichfiel.htm (789 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Lichfield Cathedral
		Lichfield Cathedral is built on the site of the church of St. Chad, the bishop of the Mercians in 667.
		Lichfield had lost the status to allow it a cathedral during the eleventh century, but in 1128 Lichfield was retored to it's ancient status.
		Lichfield Cathedral, surrounded by a defensive ditch and walls, came under siege by the Royalists as the citizens of Lichfield supported Parliament.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpl495.htm (340 words)

	Lichfield: The cathedral close \| British History Online
		By the earlier 18th century the houses on the south and east sides of the lower courtyard of the residence of the vicars choral had been remodelled to face the cathedral and the road from Beacon Street; later in the century houses on the west side were remodelled to front Beacon Street.
		Walker was also master of Lichfield grammar school, and it was presumably as a result of his endowment of the school that the college was acquired by Lichfield corporation.
		Under the Cathedrals Act of 1840 the house and stable were assigned to the chapter clerk, but the coach house was assigned to the occupier of no. 24, the fifth residentiary, whose own coach house had been demolished in 1800.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=42343 (8095 words)

	BBC - Stoke and Staffordshire - Out & About - Lichfield Cathedral
		Lichfield lies at the heart of England and, 1300 years ago, it stood at the centre of the Kingdom of Mercia.
		The Cathedral was severely damaged during the Civil War as it was under siege three times.
		The choir is of course one of the joys of this cathedral and has been part of the Cathedral's life since medieval times- in fact the choir school is nearby, and one sight is to watch the choristers trooping in for Evensong.
	www.bbc.co.uk /stoke/going_out/venues/g_m/lichfield_cathedral.shtml (601 words)

	English Cathedrals - Lichfield Cathedral
		In common with many of the glorious medieval cathedrals in England, Lichfield Cathedral has survived a chequered history, and its appearance has changed many times throughout the last 800 years.
		Following a clumsy attempt by James Wyatt to transform the cathedral after suffering serious destruction during the Civil War, the richly decorated building of today is largely attributed to Sir Gilbert Scott.
		To date we have only been able to make one visit to Lichfield Cathedral but it was so impressive that returning in the near future is an absolute definite.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /cathedrals/lichfield_cathedral.htm (418 words)

	GENUKI: Lichfield
		The Cathedral Close, occupies the highest and most attractive part of the town, and is skirted by many handsome houses, and separated from the city by a brook, which expands into a fine pool, and is crossed by several bridges.
		Haselour, seven and a half miles E of Lichfield, is an extra-parochial manor of 570 acres, containing only 5 houses, 29 inhabitants, and a deserted chapel, which is a prebend of Lichfield Cathedral.
		At Dernford, in a picturesque valley near the canal, is a large corn mill, and at a short distance is Fulfen, an extra-parochial farm, anciently belonging to the Fulfen family, of whom it was purchased by Sir Richard Dyott, in 1639.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/STS/Lichfield/index.html (1506 words)

	Lichfield Cathedral Libraries
		Lichfield Cathedral Library is situated in the upper storey of the Chapter House, built in 1249.
		During the Civil War the Cathedral was under siege three times.
		Since the publication of the 1984 catalogue, the Cathedral has received, on loan, a fine selection of early bibles belonging to Mrs Judith Fyffe, and several other donations of books which continue to add to its value to scholarship and the community.
	www.lichfield-cathedral.org /libc.htm (473 words)

	Linking up Lichfield Cathedral
		At Lichfield Cathedral, a programme that includes hundreds of events during the year has to be organised around the regular devotional services.
		Lichfield Cathedral, known locally as the Three Ladies of the Vale, seen across the minster pool in Lichfield.
		In its 1300th year, Lichfield Cathedral is going digital in a manner that has minimised the impact on the fabric and character of the buildings.
	www.ihbc.org.uk /context_archive/66/cathedral/lichfield.html (1398 words)

	Lichfield Staffordshire - home of Dr. Samuael Johnson
		The Romans built Letocetum in the 1st century AD, a fort 2 miles to the south of Lichfield, at the crossroads of Watling Street and Ryknild Street.
		Lichfield was a stronghold for Royalists and suffered during the English Civil War due to its strategic position between north and south.
		The Cathedral was desecrated in 1643 and bombarded it in 1646 when the central spire collapsed.
	localwebsuk.com /lichfield (127 words)

	Slide Show - Lichfield Cathedral
		Lichfield will always be known for Saint Chad, its first bishop whose vast diocese was the kingdom of Mercia until his death in 672.
		However now Lichfield Cathedral is probably better known as the only medieval cathedral to have three spires, which are known as 'The Ladies of the Vale'.
		The first cathedral was started within 30 years of the saint's death, but the earliest remains we see are some traces of Norman stonework from a rebuilding of 1128.
	www.btinternet.com /~m.g.hardy/av/lichfiel.htm (962 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lichfield
		But Lichfield, though lessened in territory, grew in political importance until the time of the ascendancy of Mercia under Offa, when that king determined to raise Lichfield as a rival to Canterbury.
		The chapter at Lichfield was nevertheless maintained, and one of the early Norman bishops, Roger de Clinton, rebuilt its cathedral there, re-dedicating it to St. Chad, whose relics he there enshrined.
		The churches were plundered and the shrine of St. Chad in Lichfield cathedral was violated and stripped.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09232a.htm (616 words)

	Lichfield Cathedral Organ
		The organ presently in Lichfield Cathedral dates from 1861, the year that Gilbert Scott completed the refurbishment of the Quire.
		Towards the turn of the century its position in the chapel was felt to be increasingly undesirable.
		In 1907 a new chamber was built outside the Cathedral and about the North Quire Aisle, the glass was removed from the windows and the organ resited aloft in the position is occupies today.
	www.cathedralchoir.org.uk /org.htm (355 words)

	Lichfield - Cathedral
		Its three spires are unique amongst medieval cathedrals and are often referred to as 'the Ladies of the Vale'.
		In the latter years of the 11th century a Norman building began to replace the Saxon one and a few pieces of the Norman stonework are still visible in Consistory Court.
		During the English Civil War in the 1640's the destruction was intense as the Cathedral was at the centre of some of the fiercest fighting of the war.
	www.lichfield.gov.uk /cathedral-early.ihtml (763 words)

	Music Staff @ LCS Girls Choir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Alexander Mason (Musical Director) is Assistant Organist at Lichfield Cathedral and Associate Conductor of the Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir.
		Prior to his appointment in Lichfield he was the founder/conductor of a number of choirs in London.
		She teaches singing at King Edward's High School for girls, Birmingham and is a vocal tutor for the boy choristers of Lichfield Cathedral.
	www.lichfieldgirlschoir.co.uk /staff.htm (245 words)

	Lichfield Cathedral Choir Personnel: John Alcock
		He joined the choir of St Paul's Cathedral in 1822, and after seven years he became the amanuensis, and later apprentice, of the blind organist John Stanley.
		Alcock arrived in Lichfield towards the end of January 1750 with great intentions to improve the quality of the musical performances in the Cathedral, however his plans were foiled by "unruly choristers and gross absences by the self-interested vicars".
		Indeed it was regular deputising for his father that led the younger John to be dismissed as a chorister from Lichfield in 1755.
	www.cathedralchoir.org.uk /pfo_ja.htm (425 words)

	Lichfield Cathedral - Great Britain And Ireland
		Most of these memorials are commemorative of people locally distinguished, especially the deans and canons of the cathedral, with their relatives and families; and I found but two monuments of personages whom I had ever heard of—one being Gilbert Walmesley, and the other Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a literary acquaintance of my boyhood.
		A large space in the immediate neighborhood of the cathedral is called the Close, and comprises beautifully kept lawns and a shadowy walk, bordered by the dwellings of the ecclesiastical dignitaries of the diocese.
		I tried to fancy his figure on the delightful walk that extends in front of those priestly abodes, from which and the interior lawns it is separated by an open-work iron fence, lined with rich old shrubbery, and overarched by a minster-aisle of venerable trees.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles13/travel-20.shtml (674 words)

	History of Lichfield cathedral choir school – of choristers ancient and modern
		Whatever shall remain at the first of the account is to be afterwards contributed at the discretion of the Dean and Chapter of residentiaries to the choristers for a continuance, or be presently dismissed from it.
		In July they took part in the Lichfield festival, and just before Christmas the choristers were invited to sing at the Wedgewood factory at Barlaston, and once again at the GPO Midland sorting office at Wolverhampton.
		The cathedral’s Music Campaign had almost reached its target of £4 million when, as part of the campaign’s educational project, the choristers worked along with children from a local special needs school, and giving a concert with them in the cathedral.
	www.ofchoristers.net /Chapters/Lichfield.htm (4486 words)

	Lichfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Welsh poem The Lament of Cynddylan, Caer Luytcoed (cf modern Welsh Caerlwytgoed — Lichfield) or Lichfield is said to have been taken by the sword by pagan opponents, most likely the Mercians to the east.
		It was founded in 1847 by Ellen Jane Hinckley, the mother of “The Sleeping Children” — subject of a monument in the south choir aisle of Lichfield Cathedral.
		Lichfield Canal — a disused canal that used to run from Ogley Junction on the northern Birmingham Canal Navigations, continuing close to the city and on to Huddlesford Junction, on the Coventry Canal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lichfield (1916 words)

	\| Diocese of Lichfield \| Press Releases \| Timeline of St Chad and Lichfield ...
		Lichfield remains the only Bishopric in England outside Canterbury and York to have been raised to the status of an Archbishopric.
		Excavations in the North and South Choir Aisles of the present cathedral and the vestibule of the Chapter House are carried out as part of a programme to replace the damaged limestone flag flooring.
		Following further investigation and study it is believed that the remains of the Anglo-Saxon church are those of St Peter’s; and that the Lichfield Angel is part of the Shrine built by Bishop Hedda in AD700 to house the remains of St Chad.
	www.lichfield.anglican.org /pressr/articles/2006/060224b.htm (1426 words)

	expressandstar.com:community:guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The cathedral city of Lichfield in Staffordshire is at the heart of one of the most historic districts in the Midlands.
		Lichfield Cathedral atttracts thousands of visitors with its three landmark spires.
		Lichfield is bordered by a major road network which makes the area attractive to companies wanting easy access to major ports.
	expressandstar.com /es/features/community/townguides/lichfield.shtml (197 words)

	Lichfield Arts - Introduction and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Lichfield Arts Director Brian Pretty said: "These musicians are recognized as some of the best in the U.K, and have appeared with many fine groups from Annie Whitehead to Zappatistas.
		Lichfield Arts will be taking over Lichfield Cathedral on Saturday 2nd for one night when international Guitar Hero Tommy Emmanuel plays in the city's best known landmark.
		This will be a unique concert for music fans in keeping with Lichfield Arts policy of bringing some of the worlds finest performers to Lichfield.
	www.lichfieldarts.org.uk /main/welcome.html (380 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 Mar 2003 (pt 5)
		As the Association of English Cathedrals maintains the dialogue with English Heritage on matters of fabric funding, the commissioners keep a watchful eye on that.
		The Church Commissioners are well aware of the tireless work at Lichfield and other cathedrals to meet the continuing challenges of maintaining these much loved buildings.
		Gentleman to visit Lichfield cathedral, perhaps during the period beginning 1 July, when we have our international arts festival, some of which is held in the cathedral and some of which will be held in our new Garrick theatre?
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030310/debtext/30310-05.htm (1387 words)

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