Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market community near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, remarkable for its closeness to a variety of noticeable Meres. The community is located alongside Ellesmere (also known as 'the Mere'), among the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and among 9 glacial meres in the location. ('glacial' implies that the anxiety occupied by the simple was the location of a block of ice that lingered at the end of the last Glacial epoch). These meres are various from those in the Lake District in that they do not have a circulation of water right into them to maintain the degree. An artificial island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from soil dug out throughout the making of the yards at Ellesmere House. This was later on named Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to retreat from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors' centre as well as is popular with birdwatchers, most of whom check out to see grey herons nesting. There are 8 other meres close by: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and also Hanmer Mere. The civil parish which makes up the town is Ellesmere Urban; the surrounding church, covering a huge rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.
