Landican

Landican

infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 53.3619
longitude= -3.0785
official_name= Landican
map_type= Merseyside
shire_county = Merseyside
population = 20 (2001 Census)citeweb|url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/clicktships1.asp|title=Wirral 2001 Census: Landican|work=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|accessdate=1 September|accessyear=2007]
shire_district= Wirral
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Wirral West
post_town= WIRRAL
postcode_district = CH49
postcode_area= CH
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ283855

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. ]

In 1085, Landican was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Landechene". [citeweb|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire2.html|title=Cheshire L-Z|work=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=1 September|accessyear=2007]

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. [citeweb|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/landican.html|title=Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Landican|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|accessdate=1 September|accessyear=2007] Landican Cemetery is situated opposite Arrowe Park and is one of the main cemetery and crematorium sites for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.

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