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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BURES, a hamlet and a subdistrict in the district of Sudbury. The hamlet is in the Essex part of Bures-St. Mary parish; lies on the river Stour, adjacent to the the Sudbury railway, 5 miles SSE of Sudbury; and has a station on the railway, a post office‡ under Colchester, and a fair on Holy Thursday. Acres, 1,480. Real property, £3,020. Pop., 623. Houses, 140. The subdistrict contains, besides Bures-St. Mary parish, two parishes in Essex and four in Suffolk. Acres, 17,622. Pop., 5,642. Houses, 1,281.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Essex AncC |
| Place: | Bures |
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