Digital Hearing Lichfield – Digital Hearing Staffordshire

Digital Hearing Lichfield – Digital Hearing Staffordshire

The most significant visual site in Lichfield has to be the 800 year old, unique three-spired Cathedral.  Lichfield Cathedral is the only medieval one with three spires also known as ‘the ladies of the vale’.

Despite suffering damage during the Civil War, the Cathedral has some magnificent stained glass windows and one of the most complete Closes of all English Cathedrals.  The Cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and St Mary.  Chad was the first bishop here in 669.  The original church on this site was a wooden Saxon one which was replaced by a Norman stone Cathedral and then by the present Gothic one.  Building started in the late 12th Century with the Lady Chapel not completed until the 1330s and the Chapter House later still.  In the Chapter House you’ll find great stone carvings and it holds the Cathedral’s ‘treasure’ the Lichfield Gospels.  These manuscripts date from the 8th century and are illuminated – reminiscent of the Lindisfarne Gospels.

Lichfield Cathedral came under siege three times during the civil war but it took until the 19th Century for restoration work to be completed.

The Lichfield Angel
The Lichfield Angel is a carving of the Archangel Gabriel dating from around 730 AD, the same as the Lichfield Gospels.  It was found as late as 2002 in the nave and thought to be part of the chest that originally contained the relics of St Chad.  It is on display in the Cathedral.

Old relics
Does your difficulty with hearing make you feel like an ‘old relic’ whatever your age?  Certainly hearing impairment can be associated with aging but there are many other causes from genetic, a build up of earwax, working in an extremely noisy environment and more.  Here are Castle Hearing Aids we can assess what the damage is and where possible offer you help to hear better.

Our free at home hearing test is just the start of getting your problem identified and sorted.  The test is simple and conducted by a professional audiologist using headphones and a computer.  Once the diagnosis is received, you can decide how to proceed and if hearing aids are a possibility, we are on hand to advise.

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The famous of Lichfield
Charles Darwin’s grandfather lived in Lichfield in the 18th Century.  Erasmus Darwin was a scholar of the time, a practising doctor, scientist and botanist, inventor and poet.  His house in the Close is a now a museum with displays, interactive features and an herb garden.

Writer Samuel Johnson also known as Dr Johnson was from Lichfield; his writings including the English Dictionary have had a lasting influence on English Literature.  He was a celebrity of his time with his writings and actions often reported in the newspapers much as current-day celebrities.  He suffered ill-health in several forms from depression, testicular cancer, gout and was posthumously diagnosed as suffering from Tourette Syndrome.  There is a statue to Dr Johnson in Lichfield’s Market Square.

You can learn more about him at his Birthplace Museum, the house where he grew up now with a Grade I listing.

David Garrick was an 18th Century actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer.   He was born in Lichfield and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson.  His acting style was realistic and both the Garrick Theatre in London and in Lichfield are named after him.

The poet Anna Seward lived most of her life in Lichfield.  There is a plaque dedicated to her in Lichfield Cathedral.

Elias Ashmole politician, astronomer and astrologist came from Lichfield.  He founded the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Joseph Addison co-founder of the Spectator Magazine grew up in Lichfield after his father was made Dean.

Actresses Helen Baxendale, Sian Brooke, singer Siobhan Dillon, Richie Edwards bass player with The Darkness and Stone Gods, Phil Ford TV writer noted for 2012 Dr Who, Bryn Fowler bassist with The Holloways, all hail from Lichfield.

Sportsmen with connection to Lichfield include professional golfer Robert Rock, motor cycle racer Gary Mason, Matt Murray one time goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Adam Christodoulou, British Racing Driver.

Historic buildings
We’ve touched on a few, but Lichfield has 230 listed buildings including some good examples of Georgian architecture.  Here are a few of them:
·         The Lichfield Clock Tower - this tower is Grade II listed and dates from the 19th Century.
·         Lichfield Heritage Centre – housed in an old church, it shows off 2000 years of Lichfield history.
·         The Bishops Palace – this Queen Anne style building replaced the original mediaeval one which was built in the 14th Century.  The building is now used by Lichfield Cathedral School
·         The Hospital of St John – was once an ancient chapel and is now a care home.

·         There are a number of houses in the Close which are Grade II listed
·         The George Hotel and the Angel Croft Hotel are both Grade II listed

The Letocetum Roman site and museum
Owned by the National Trust this site was once a Roman fort of some significance.  It soon developed into a settlement and grew into a Roman-British town conveniently placed along the Roman Watling Street.  It became a staging post for travellers.  When you visit it now you can take guided tours of the site to see what it would have been like in Roman times.  The museum here houses exhibits of Roman archaeology found on site.

The Staffordshire Hoard
3,500 pieces of Anglo-Saxon silver and gold metal work were discovered in a field near Lichfield in 2009.  There are plans to have part of it on display at the Cathedral.

Hard of hearing
For those of you with any kind of hearing impediment, take a good look around our site to learn how we can help you.  Don’t just take our word for it, take a look at what others say in this video.

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