Landican
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.jpg) The Garden of Remembrance, Landican Cemetery |
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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 |
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Landican (local /ˈləndɪkˌn/) 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] The name possibly derives from Llan diacon, meaning "church of the deacon", with the llan- prefix being of Welsh origin.[4] However, it does not have a parish church and probably refers to Woodchurch.[4]
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.[5]
Landican Cemetery
Landican Cemetery is situated opposite Arrowe Park and is one of the main cemetery and crematorium sites for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
There are 125 Commonwealth service war graves of World War II in the cemetery, 35 of them in a war graves plot, and include two unidentified sailors of the Royal Navy and an unidentified airman.[6] In addition, a Screen Wall memorial opposite the Cross of Sacrifice at the plot lists 38 service personnel of the same war who were cremated at the crematorium, which was opened in 1934.[7]
Other individuals buried or cremated there include:
- Lieutenant-Commander Ian Edward Fraser (1920-2008), VC winner, World War II, diver.
- Brigadier Sir Philip Toosey (1904-1975), who while prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in that war was the officer in charge of building the Bridge on the River Kwai.
References
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- ↑ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report.
- ↑ [2] CWGC Cemetery Report.
Bibliography
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