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The Garden of Remembrance, Landican Cemetery |
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Landican
Landican shown within Merseyside |
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| Population | 20 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SJ283855 |
| Metropolitan borough | Wirral |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIRRAL |
| Postcode district | CH49 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Wirral West |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
Landican is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated on the outskirts of Birkenhead, near to Woodchurch and the M53 motorway. Landican consists of a small group of cottages and farm buildings.[2] At the 2001 Census the community had a population of only 20.[1]
In 1085, Landican was recorded in the Domesday Book as Landechene.[3] It is assumed than the first element of the place-name derives from the proto-Welsh 'Llan' meaning church or church enclosure. Early names such as this suggest a pre-conquest religious site, which may pre-date the Saxon presence in Wirral.
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.[4]
Landican Cemetery is situated opposite Arrowe Park and is one of the main cemetery and crematorium sites for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.