Bures, England

Bures
Bures
	; Genuine 16th century and later homes in Bures with great overhangs and modest eaves.
	Bures Location within Suffolk
Population	1,433 Built-up Area (2011)
OS grid reference	TL910344
Shire county	Suffolk; Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURES
Postcode district	CO8
Dialling code	01787
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Suffolk 51°58′32″N 0°46′51″E / 51.9755°N 0.7808°ECoordinates: 51°58′32″N 0°46′51″E / 51.9755°N 0.7808°E

Bures /ˈbjuːəz/ is a village in eastern England that straddles the Essex/Suffolk border, made up of two civil parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St. Mary in Suffolk.

Division[]

The place is bisected by the River Stour, the county boundary from end of its estuary to near its source. The village is most often referred to collectively, as Bures. On respective banks are two civil parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St. Mary in Suffolk. Each differ in county councils of those names and in district councils, in the second tier of local government, (Braintree, and Babergh). The village presents a post town and its pre-1996 (obsolete) Postal County was Suffolk.

Landmarks and amenities[]

Bures is served by a railway station on the Gainsborough Line, seen here in 1966.

On the left bank is the medieval-core church of St Mary the Virgin housing eight bells with the largest weighing 21 cwt.^[2] They were augmented from six to eight bells in 1951 by Gillett and Johnston of Croydon.^[3] In terms of the ecclesiastical parish, and thus history before the invention of civil parishes in the 1870s there is no division, save as to county; all falls into Bures St Mary, which extends to a similar distance on each side of the river.^[4]

It is served by Bures railway station.

Bures United F.C. is a football team with several sides.

References[]

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bures Built-up area (E34002711)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "Bures, St Mary the Virgin". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ "Bures, St Mary the Virgin". The Suffolk Guild of Ringers. 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ https://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?lat=51.973&lon=0.777

External links[]

[1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bures Built-up area (E34002711)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[2] "Bures, St Mary the Virgin". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

[3] "Bures, St Mary the Virgin". The Suffolk Guild of Ringers. 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

[4] ttps://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?lat=51.973&lon=0.777

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Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St. Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Naughton Nayland Nedging Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Acton Place Ash Street Audley End Bell's Corner Bird Street Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Brook Street Brundon Bures Bures Green Burstallhill Bury Road Button's Green Calais Street Castling's Heath Cattawade Chelsworth Common Church End Cock Street Colchester Green Coles Green Cook's Green Cornard Tye Cross Green (Cockfield) Cross Green (Hartest) Cross Green (Hitcham) Cuckoo Tye Dorking Tye Drakestone Green East End Erwarton Fenstead End Fern Hill Flatford Gipsy Row Gosling Green Great Green Great Wenham Hadleigh Heath Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hartest Hill Hart's Green The Heath Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane Lattinford Hill Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Little Wenham Lower Holbrook Lower Layham Lower Raydon Lower Street Mace Green Mile End Mill Green Mill Hill Mill Street Nedging Tye Newman's Green Oldhall Green Parliament Heath Pin Mill Polstead Heath Potash Priory Green Rodbridge Corner Rooksey Green Rose Green (Assington) Rose Green (Lindsey) Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Sherbourne Street Shimpling Street Slough Hill Smithwood Green Shop Corner Shotley Gate Stackyard Green Stone Street The Street Swingleton Green Tattingstone White Horse Thorington Street Thorpe Green Upper Layham Upper Somerton Upper Street Upsher Green Washbrook Street Washmere Green Wattisham Stone Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Windsor Green Withermarsh Green The Woodlands (Holbrook) The Woodlands (Raydon) Workhouse Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

Bures
Genuine 16th century and later homes in Bures with great overhangs and modest eaves.
Bures Location within Suffolk
Population	1,433 Built-up Area (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TL910344
Shire county	Suffolk Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURES
Postcode district	CO8
Dialling code	01787

Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England

List of places UK England Suffolk 51°58′32″N 0°46′51″E / 51.9755°N 0.7808°E / 51.9755; 0.7808Coordinates: 51°58′32″N 0°46′51″E / 51.9755°N 0.7808°E / 51.9755; 0.7808