A-Z of Lichfield
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A-Z of Lichfield

Places-People-History

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eBook - ePub

A-Z of Lichfield

Places-People-History

About this book

Lichfield is in the heart of the rural county of Staffordshire and is a small cathedral city, but it has a fascinating history and retains many of its historic buildings and landmarks. Noted as the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, the man who published the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755, the city was also home to Shakespearean actor David Garrick, the antiquarian Elias Ashmole (founder of the Ashmolean Museum) and Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin. A–Z of Lichfield takes the reader on an engaging tour of this small city. Lichfield can trace its roots back to the seventh century. It was ransacked during the English Civil War, and in the eighteenth century it became known as the coaching city, a halfway stop for coaches travelling between London and the North, and the Victorians provided their architecture and economy in the nineteenth century. Today it is a peaceful and picturesque centre of tourism with quaint streets and historic buildings. This book describes the history of Lichfield through its famous people, its streets, houses, churches, and shows that it is a little city with a big heart.

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Information

Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781445691787
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
  3. Elias Ashmole
  4. The Court of Arraye
  5. The Lichfield Angel
  6. The Angel Croft Hotel
  7. James Boswell
  8. Lichfield Greenhill Bower
  9. Robert Bridgeman and Sons
  10. Lichfield Clock Tower
  11. St Chad
  12. John Dyott
  13. King Edward VII
  14. Queen Elizabeth I
  15. Sir John Floyer
  16. The Franciscan Friary
  17. George Fox
  18. The George Hotel
  19. David Garrick
  20. Hall’s Butchers
  21. Frank Halfpenny Hall
  22. The Herkenrode Glass
  23. Frederic Iremonger
  24. Samuel Johnson
  25. J. W. Jackson
  26. The King’s Head
  27. Colonel Kilian
  28. Gregory King
  29. Revd Chancellor James Thomas Law
  30. Sophia Lonsdale
  31. Lichfield Libraries
  32. Market Street
  33. Thomas Minor
  34. St Mary’s Church
  35. Jonathan Mallet
  36. Newton’s College
  37. King Offa
  38. Old Father Time
  39. The Old Crown Hotel
  40. Dame Oliver’s
  41. Sir William Parker
  42. Pools of Lichfield
  43. Stephen Panting
  44. Quonians Lane
  45. Quantrill’s Butchers
  46. The Queen’s Head Pub
  47. Prince Rupert
  48. Gardens of Remembrance
  49. Anna Seward
  50. Selwyn ‘Spite’ House
  51. The Sheriff’s Ride
  52. Tudor of Lichfield
  53. Tanneries
  54. RMS Titanic
  55. The Union Workhouse
  56. The Earl of Uxbridge
  57. Queen Victoria
  58. The Victoria Hospital
  59. Edward Wightman
  60. Wulfhere of Mercia
  61. Edward Sydney Woods
  62. X-ray Funds
  63. The ‘X-ray Car’
  64. Lichfield Youth Hostel Association
  65. Yeomanry House
  66. Zeppelins
  67. Zoonomia
  68. Zachary Turnpenny
  69. Apolline Zuingle
  70. Bibliography
  71. Acknowledgements
  72. About the Author