Landican

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Landican
Landican (Merseyside)
Landican

Landican shown within Merseyside
Population 20 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference SJ283855
District Wirral
Shire county Merseyside
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WIRRAL
Postcode district CH49
Dialling code 0151
Police Merseyside
Fire Merseyside
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Wirral West
List of places: UK • England • Merseyside

Coordinates: 53°21′43″N 3°04′43″W / 53.3619, -3.0785

The Garden of Remembrance, Landican Cemetery
The Garden of Remembrance, Landican Cemetery

Landican is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the outskirts of Birkenhead, near to Woodchurch and the M53 motorway. At the 2001 census the community had a population of only 20.[1]

In 1085, Landican was recorded in the Domesday Book as Landechene.[2]

The hamlet was a township in Woodchurch Parish of the Wirral Hundred and was added to Birkenhead civil parish in 1933. The population was 45 in 1801, 57 in 1851 and 71 in 1901.[3]

Landican Cemetery is situated opposite Arrowe Park and is one of the main cemetery and crematorium sites for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Wirral 2001 Census: Landican. Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.
  2. ^ Cheshire L-Z. The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.
  3. ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Landican. GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.


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