Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market community near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, noteworthy for its closeness to a variety of prominent Meres. The town is located by the side of Ellesmere (aka 'the Mere'), one of the largest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District as well as one of nine antarctic meres in the area. ('antarctic' implies that the depression occupied by the plain was the area of a block of ice that persisted at the end of the last Glacial epoch). These meres are different from those in the Lake District in that they do not have a circulation of water right into them to maintain the degree. A fabricated island in the Mere was created in 1812 from soil dug out throughout the making of the yards at Ellesmere House. This was later on called Moscow Island, as Napoleon was compelled to pull away from Moscow that year. The Mere has a visitors' centre and also is popular with birdwatchers, most of whom visit to see grey herons nesting. There are eight various other meres close by: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere as well as Hanmer Mere. The civil church which constitutes the community is Ellesmere Urban; the bordering church, covering a big rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.
