Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market community near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, noteworthy for its distance to a number of famous Meres. The community is located by the side of Ellesmere (also known as 'the Mere'), among the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and also one of 9 glacial meres in the location. ('glacial' implies that the clinical depression occupied by the simple was the area of a block of ice that continued at the end of the last Ice Age). 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 level. A fabricated island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from dirt removed throughout the production of the yards at Ellesmere House. This was later named Moscow Island, as Napoleon was compelled to pull away from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors' centre and also is prominent with birdwatchers, much of whom visit to see grey herons nesting. There are eight other meres nearby: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and also Hanmer Mere. The civil parish which comprises the town is Ellesmere Urban; the bordering church, covering a huge rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.
