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