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Local Information
Castle Mound
St John the Baptist Church
Festival of Flowers 2007
Repair to Church Tower
Thatchers Arms History
Mount Bures School
Aircraft Crash 1944
Listed Buildings
Footpaths & History
Workhouse
1939 - 1940 War
Strict Baptist Chapel
William Cant (Explorer)
Census of Surnames 1841+
Manor of Mount Bures

Sergeants Orchard
History of Mount Bures
Puddingstone
Economics of Mount Bures
Old House circa 1550
Village Lock-up
Parish Directory
Windmills & WaterMills
John Constable(Artist)

Link to Bures Web site
Parish Council News
Ida McMaster
Wormingford Archealogical Dig
Contact us

Mount Bures village Green
Mount Bures Village Sign
Manor of Mount Bures sign
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.
Currently there are 85 pages of information online.
st johns church the mount
St John the Baptist Parish Church
The "Mount"

Since the web site was launched in 2003, the response from visitors has been enormous. Unfortunately, the book (Mount Bures it`s Lands and People) written by Ida McMaster is now out of print and no longer available, but it`s still in great demand with many enquiries seeking a supplier. The vast majority of emails received are from relatives who have moved away or from historians requesting genealogy material.
We have received requests from a variety of sources such as the University of Liverpool in the UK to Oklahoma in the USA. It would seem from a lot of researchers that Mount Bures is quite unique, in that it has remained untouched from development perhaps since the Saxon times.


Essex Wildlife Trust are looking for a
"Grey Pippin" Apple Tree.
They would like to take a graft or cutting in order to continue this variety
in Sergeants Meadow.
Contact via the web site
or 01206 -240005

"THE MOUNT"

This is a free quarterly publication distributed to the local residents packed with news, events and local services.
Make sure you get your copy from Hildegard Hill.
Telephone:- 01787 228429

 

Mount Bures Parish Council
news now on-line
MORE INFORMATION


Festival of Flowers 2008
June 21st and 22nd
Our 40th Year
More details to follow


I am constantly seeking out new information which I can publish on this site. If you have factual material which you think would be of interest to others in the village, then please let me know via the E-mail button below.

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All colour photographs dated 2000+ taken by Alan Beales or otherwise stated.