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Full record: Lichfield

County Staffordshire
Transcript lichefeld
Icon description spired church with cross, convent buildings
Icons
  • church with cross
Description faded
Appearances
  • faded
Etymology Letocetum, a Celtic name of a Roman town, meaning 'grey wood' + OE feld, 'field'
Translation
Earlier editors
Early Maps lychfeld (Angliae Figura)
Overwritten no
Attested spelling Lichesfeld 1130 P, Lichefelde (12th century), Lichefeld (13th century)