Bognor Regis is a seaside coastal resort located within West Sussex in the South of England and one of the oldest recorded Saxon place names in Sussex.  In a document of 680AD it is referred to as Bucgan ora meaning Bucge's shore, or landing place.  In Anglo Saxon, Bucge means 'book' or in Auld Englisċ 'beech tree'.

In more recent times it was know as just ''Bognor'' and up until the 18th century, was just a fishing village and was also used by smugglers.

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