Bognor

Bognor, a Sussex watering-place, 9½ miles SE. of Chichester by rail. Founded in 1786 by a London hatter, Sir R. Hotham, it has an iron pier (1865) 1000 feet long, and a good esplanade, restored since the great storm of 1876. Pop. (1861) 2523; (1891) 4096. For the geological strata called Bognor beds, see EOCENE SYSTEM.