Essex
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Mount Bures

Mount Bures

Mount Bures is a small village in England on the and 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.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 218 residents
  • Description: village in Essex, England
  • Also known as: “Mount Bures, Essex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bures railway station and Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bures St Mary.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to , in the , serving the village of , which straddles the counties of Essex and Suffolk.

Church
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pub
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bures and Bures Green.

Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a in eastern England that straddles the / border, made up of two civil parishes: in Essex and in Suffolk.

Hamlet
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles north of Mount Bures.

Village
is a village and a civil parish in the , in the county of , England. It is near the large village of and the village of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Mount Bures.

Mount Bures

Latitude
51.95878° or 51° 57′ 32″ north
Longitude
0.77541° or 0° 46′ 32″ east
Population
218
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
9F32XQ5G+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 308079582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2642112
Wiki­data ID
Q2400839
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Mount Bures” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Bures (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Bures”
  • Chinese: “Mount Bures”
  • Chinese: “比爾山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Bures”
  • French: “Mount Bures”
  • Irish: “Mount Bures”
  • Italian: “Mount Bures”
  • Ladin: “Mount Bures”
  • Latin: “Bura ad Montem”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mount Bures”
  • Persian: “ماونت بورس”
  • Polish: “Mount Bures”
  • Swedish: “Mount Bures (parish)”
  • Swedish: “Mount Bures”
  • Welsh: “Mount Bures”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Bures Village Hall and Castle Mound.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Bures”. Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.