Lichfield, city, Staffordshire, central England. The city, formed in 1974, includes the market town of Lichfield (incorporated 1548) and the surrounding largely agricultural area; some light industry is also located here. Lichfield is famous for its three-spired sandstone cathedral (13th century) and the Lichfield Grammar School (1495), at which the essayist Joseph Addison, the writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson, and the actor David Garrick studied. Population (1991) 28,666.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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