Bures

Other current and historical names

Bura
Buro
Bures St Mary

Built-Up Area: Bures
Parish/Community: Bures Hamlet
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°58'20"N 0°46'29"E
Eastings/Northings: 590704, 234060
OS Grid: TL907340
Mapcode Local: GBR RKP.BQL
Mapcode Global: VHKFJ.DP1D

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bures within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bures in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bures St Mary, par. and township with ry. sta. (Bures), in Suffolk and Essex cos., on river Stour, 5 miles SE. of Sudbury -- par., 4114 ac., pop. 1408; township (in Suffolk), 2516 ac., pop. 868; P.O., T.O.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bures, township, B. St Mary par., NE. Essex, on river Stour, 6 miles SE. of Sudbury, 1598 ac., pop. 540.

Bures in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Earl Harold
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric son of Brictric; Tosti of Bures; Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: John son of Waleran
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: John son of Waleran
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 5/- in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 80 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 40 pigs; 50 goats; 2 horses
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eighteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 17 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 6 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Animals in 1066: 30 pigs; 1 horses
- Animals in 1086: 30 pigs; 1 horses
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, thirteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 16 smallholders; 13 freemen
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 20 pigs
6th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tosti of Bures
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: John son of Waleran
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 4 pigs
7th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 0 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
- Households: 3 freemen
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Bures, Essex

Bures is a village in Essex

Bures in historic gazetteers

Bures in the Domesday Book