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.

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 51.9755°N 0.7808°E / 51.9755; 0.7808

Division

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

Landmarks and amenities

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bures, England, Bures St. Mary and Bures Hamlet.

• Bures Parish Church
• Bures-online Community Web Site
• Bures at War
• Bures United FC

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