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Welcome to Bures-online.co.uk
Serving the Communities of
Bures Hamlet, Bures St Mary
and Mount Bures
Home of the Bures Dragon

Now in its 25th year

This web site has now been downloaded into the British Library Archives, which also includes the National Library of Scotland;
the National Library of Wales; Bodleian Libraries, Oxford; University Library, Cambridge; and the Library of Trinity College, Dublin

Also used as a research tool into rural life by Essex Uni, Liverpool Uni, Manchester Uni, Chester University and University of East Anglia.
Currently 554 web pages online


This web site is no longer being updated, apart from major events

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Last Web Page Update
June 29, 2026 -->

The scourge of Pylons in an AONB
Taken along the Bures to Assington road

 

 

 

 

 

Possible Arsonist at Work in Bures
2025 - 2026

The four clock faces and the mechanism at
St Mary's Church, having a major overhall.
Feb 2026

Bures Post Office last day of Trading,
Tuesday 31st March 2026
Read the history of the Post Office

Update Pages on Bankhouse Renovation
and Bankhouse Tearoom
25th May 2026

Application to build on Flood Plain
Colchester Road
25/05/2026

Rose`s Store, Bridge Street
Closed 30th May 2026




Braintree District Council has decided to include Bures Water Meadow, Colchester Road, in its List of Assets of Community Value.
The listing will last for a period of five years.
Hopefully, this will give it protection from any Development



River Stour flooding during Storm Babet in October 2023,
must surely put an end the speculation of more housing.

1st November 2023, with Storm Ciaran the flooding was far worse


A collection of historical and local information on the two parishes of Bures St Mary and Bures Hamlet from the late 1800`s to 2024
Within the three parishes of Bures St Mary, Bures Hamlet and Mount Bures, there are 116 Listed Buildings.
"Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it":-
Oscar Wilde

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Bures millennium bridge
Millennium Bridge


Bures Mill

Royal Mail Sorting Office in Colchester Road,
Building Sold Privately due
to a decline in posting letters and packages
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Bures Post Office, permanently
closed on 31st March 2026

 

This is a Community Web Site, run by the community for the enjoyment of those who visit the site.
The information has been sourced from literally hundreds of people who have taken the time to submit their memories
and wish to record village life for others to enjoy reading.