Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its closeness to a number of popular Meres. The community is found by the side of Ellesmere (aka 'the Mere'), one of the largest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District as well as among 9 glacial meres in the area. ('antarctic' indicates that the anxiety occupied by the plain was the area of a block of ice that continued 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 flow of water into them to maintain the level. A synthetic island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from soil dug out during the production of the gardens at Ellesmere House. This was later named Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to pull away from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors' centre as well as is popular with birdwatchers, a lot of whom see to see grey herons nesting. There are eight various other meres nearby: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and Hanmer Mere. The civil parish which comprises the community is Ellesmere Urban; the surrounding church, covering a big backwoods, is Ellesmere Rural.
