Bignor

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Bignor
Bignor (West Sussex)
Bignor

Bignor shown within West Sussex
Population 103 (2001)
OS grid reference SU984146
District Chichester
Shire county West Sussex
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PULBOROUGH
Postcode district RH20
Dialling code 01798
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Arundel and South Downs
List of places: UK • England • West Sussex

Coordinates: 50°55′23″N 0°36′05″W / 50.92293, -0.6013

Bignor is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of the English county of West Sussex, about six miles north of Arundel. The village is next to the line of Stane Street, an important Roman road ,where it acends the escarpment of the South Downs. The church of the Holy Cross is a largely 13th century structure.

The area of the parish is 470.9 hectares (1163 acres). According to the 2001 census Bignor had a population of 103 people living in 43 households.

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[edit] Roman villa

Main article: Bignor Roman Villa

The village is most famous for the Roman villa excavated there which has been open to the public since 1815. The villa contains some of the finest and best preserved Roman mosaics in England.

[edit] Bignor Manor House

During World War II Bignor Manor House was the rented family home of Major Anthony Bertram who was working for military intelligence with French resistance agents. He volunteered to use the manor house as a secret forward base for members of the resistance who were waiting to be flown by light aircraft to France on moonlit nights from Tangmere air base. His wife Barbara would look after the agents and carry out final checks on clothing and equipment to ensure that everything they had was consistent with being French. Agents returning from France would be taken there for food, rest and initial debriefing[1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Barbara Bertram, French Resistance in Sussex 1988, Barnworks Publishing ISBN: 1-899174-01-X

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