The parish of Mount Bures takes its name from the `mount` or mound, which stands in the centre of the village and `bur`, meaning cottage or dwelling. The village resides in Essex with its boundary extending to the River Stour to the north and Wakes Colne to the south.

Mount Bures was sometimes called Bures St John, Little Bures or Bures Sackville, to distinguish it from Bures Hamlet and Bures St Mary.
Today, Mount Bures is the adopted modern name.

The railway line opened in 1848 which runs through the parish from south to north.
The nearest rail station is at Bures.