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Lichfield Cathedral

📍 Staffordshire, England

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Lichfield Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Chad in Lichfield, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Lichfield, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lichfield and the principal church of the diocese of Lichfield and holds daily services. The cathedral has been designated a Grade I listed building.

Built between 1195 and 1340 on a site of Christian worship dating to 700 AD, when a cathedral was established to house the relics of St Chad. The only medieval English cathedral with three spires (the 'Ladies of the Vale'). Badly damaged during a three-day siege in the English Civil War — the central spire was destroyed and later rebuilt. The Lichfield Angel, a remarkable 8th-century carved stone panel, was discovered during excavations in 2003. Also houses the 8th-century Chad Gospels illuminated manuscript.