Bignor, the Glossary
Bignor is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of the English county of West Sussex, about north of Arundel.[1]
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26 relations: Amberley railway station, Anglicanism, Arundel, Arundel and South Downs (UK Parliament constituency), Chichester District, Civil parish, Domesday Book, England, Escarpment, Flint, France, Hall house, Manorialism, Mosaic, Points of the compass, Pulborough, RAF Tangmere, Roman roads, Roman villa, South Downs, Stane Street, Village, Wealden hall house, West Sussex, World War II, 2001 United Kingdom census.
Amberley railway station
Amberley railway station is a railway station in West Sussex, England.
See Bignor and Amberley railway station
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Arundel
Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.
Arundel and South Downs (UK Parliament constituency)
Arundel and South Downs is a constituency in West Sussex created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Griffith, a Conservative, since 2019. Bignor and Arundel and South Downs (UK Parliament constituency) are Chichester District.
See Bignor and Arundel and South Downs (UK Parliament constituency)
Chichester District
Chichester is a local government district in West Sussex, England.
See Bignor and Chichester District
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.
Domesday Book
Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.
Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.
See Bignor and Flint
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Hall house
The hall house is a type of vernacular house traditional in many parts of England, Wales, Ireland and lowland Scotland, as well as northern Europe, during the Middle Ages, centring on a hall.
Manorialism
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.
Mosaic
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface.
Points of the compass
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography.
See Bignor and Points of the compass
Pulborough
Pulborough is a town and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. Bignor and Pulborough are villages in West Sussex.
RAF Tangmere
Royal Air Force Tangmere or more simply RAF Tangmere is a former Royal Air Force station located in Tangmere, England, famous for its role in the Battle of Britain.
Roman roads
Roman roads (viae Romanae; singular: via Romana; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
Roman villa
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.
South Downs
The South Downs are a range of chalk hills in the south-eastern coastal counties of England that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the east.
Stane Street
Stane Street is the modern name of the Roman road in southern England that linked Londinium (London) to Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester).
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.
Wealden hall house
The Wealden hall house is a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed hall house traditional in the south east of England.
See Bignor and Wealden hall house
West Sussex
West Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
2001 United Kingdom census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.
See Bignor and 2001 United Kingdom census
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bignor
Also known as Bignor, West Sussex.