Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market community near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, noteworthy for its proximity to a variety of prominent Meres. The community is situated alongside Ellesmere (also known as 'the Mere'), one of the biggest natural meres in England outside the Lake District and among 9 glacial meres in the location. ('antarctic' suggests that the clinical depression inhabited by the plain 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 because they do not have a flow of water right into them to preserve the level. A fabricated island in the Mere was built in 1812 from dirt removed throughout the production of the yards at Ellesmere House. This was later named Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to pull back from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors' centre as well as is prominent with birdwatchers, a lot of whom see to see grey herons nesting. There are 8 other meres nearby: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere as well as Hanmer Mere. The civil church which constitutes the town is Ellesmere Urban; the surrounding church, covering a huge backwoods, is Ellesmere Rural.
