Mount Bures

Mount Bures

Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 0°46′01″E / 51.95°N 0.767°E / 51.95; 0.767

Mount Bures
St. John's church, Mount Bures, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 131475.jpg
St. John's church, Mount Bures
Mount Bures is located in Essex
Mount Bures

 Mount Bures shown within Essex
District Colchester
Shire county Essex
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Mount Bures is a small village on the Essex and Suffolk borders. It takes its name from the mount or motte believed to have been built shortly after the invasion by William the Conqueror in 1066.

The "Gainsborough" railway line that runs through the village is believed to have opened in 1848. A few miles down the line from Mount Bures is the Chappel Viaduct. The Thatchers Arms in Mount Bures was originally thought to have become a brewhouse or public house to quench the thirst of the Navies working on the railway line and the viaduct in the late 1840s.

External links

  • Mount Bures Website This gives a full history of the village from the Saxon times up to the present day. Updated regularly with current news and events.

[* Managing a Masterpiece] part of a National Lottery funded project included examination of what is believed to be a Motte Motte-and-bailey Carenza_Lewis supervised the dig.


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