# The Saturday Magazine, No. 66, July 1833

Author: Various

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53577

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## Summary

The first authentic mention of Lichfield occurs in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, where it is alluded to as the See of an Anglo-Saxon Bishop. The name is of Saxon origin, but its etymology has been much disputed. In the Saxon Chronicle the word is written _Licetfeld_; in Bede, _Lyccetfelth_ and _Licitfeld_. Some etymologists derive its signification from _leccian_, to water (and it is well known to have abounded in numerous lakes and pools); others, from the verb _licean_ or _lician_, to like, or to be agreeable, and therefore make it to signify Pleasant Field. It has however been more frequently allowed to be derived from _lic_, a dead body, and consequently as signifying _cadaverum camp...

## Chapters

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