The '''''Lichfield Mercury''''' is a local newspaper published by Local World Ltd.<ref name="Local World - about us">{{cite web|url=http://www.lichfieldmercury.co.uk/aboutus.html|title=Lichfield Mercury - about us|work=Lichfield Mercury|publisher=Local World|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> It serves the Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.<ref name="Lichfield District Council - Local media">{{cite web|url=http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/info/200178/press_and_media/618/local_media/2|title=Lichfield District Council - Local media|publisher=Lichfield District Council|accessdate=12 May 2015|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307170832/https://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/info/200178/press_and_media/618/local_media/2|url-status=dead}}</ref> The newspaper began as the ''Lichfield Mercury and Midland Chronicle'' in 1815, published by James Amphlett.<ref name="British History Onlone - Lichfield: Social and cultural activities">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol14/pp159-170#h3-0017|title=British History Onlone - Lichfield: Social and cultural activities|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref>
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Category:1815 establishments in England Category:Newspapers published in Staffordshire Category:Lichfield