Bignor

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Bignor is a hamlet in West Sussex

Parish/Community: Bignor
District/Borough: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'20"N 0°36'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 498447, 114588
OS Grid: SU984145
Mapcode Local: GBR FHC.4Y1
Mapcode Global: FRA 96MN.XF0

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bignor within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bignor in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bignor, par., W. Sussex, 4½ miles SE. of Petworth, 1344 ac., pop. 154; has interesting Roman remains, and contains seat of Bignor Park.

Bignor in the Domesday Book

A village in Bury hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Bignor (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 5 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 3 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value £1 7/12

British Place Names

Bignor, West Sussex

Bignor is a hamlet in West Sussex

Bignor in historic gazetteers

Bignor in the Domesday Book