Landican in the Domesday Book (1086)
Landican is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Willaston
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Landican is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Landican.
Listed Buildings Near Landican
Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Landican. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Roman Catholic Church of St Michael and All Angels - 1.05 km
- Entrance Gateway to Arrowe Hall With Flanking Screen Walls - 1.29 km
- Lodge at Entrance Gateway to Arrowe Hall - 1.3 km
Landican Today
Today Landican lies within the administrative area of Birkenhead, and the settlement recorded a population of 20 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Landican on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Landican
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Fractal Angel · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Craine · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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