Bures is a village in eastern England. Because of its location straddling the Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

/Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

 border, it is divided into two civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es: Bures Hamlet

Bures Hamlet

Bures Hamlet is a civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 765.The parish covers the western part of the village of Bures, the eastern part being in the Bures St. Mary parish in Suffolk...

 in Essex and Bures St. Mary

Bures St. Mary

Bures St Mary is a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. In 2005 it had a population of 940.The parish covers the eastern part of the village of Bures, the western part being in the Bures Hamlet parish in Essex....

 in Suffolk. The village is thus served by two county councils, three district councils (Colchester, Braintree, and Babergh), two Members of Parliament and two Education Authorities (Essex and Suffolk). Bures green is a hamlet in Bures.

The parishes lie on opposite sides of the River Stour

River Stour, Suffolk

The River Stour is a river in East Anglia, England. It is 76 km long and forms most of the county boundary between Suffolk to the north, and Essex to the south. It rises in eastern Cambridgeshire, passes to the east of Haverhill, through Cavendish, Sudbury and the Dedham Vale, and joins the...

, which is the county boundary between Essex and Suffolk.

The entire village, however, is generally called Bures. Bures United is the local football team.

External links

• Bures Parish Church
• Bures Community Web Site
• Bures at War
• Bures United FC
• Dr Thomas Wood MA, resident of Bures
  Thomas Wood (composer)
  Thomas Wood was an English composer and author.Wood studied at the University of Oxford and the Royal College of Music. In 1921 he was appointed Director of Music at Tonbridge School in Kent, returning to Oxford in 1924 to teach at Exeter College...
  
  
• St Osyth Wood, Spouse of Dr Thomas Wood MA
  St Osyth Mahala Wood
  St Osyth Mahala Wood, née Eustace-Smith was an English philanthropist.St Osyth Eustace-Smith was the daughter of Thomas Eustace Smith JP and Katherine St Osyth Howard of Wormingford, Essex. Her father Thomas was a justice of the peace and Barrister with offices located in North Hill, Colchester...