Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its proximity to a number of prominent Meres. The community is situated by the side of Ellesmere (aka 'the Mere'), among the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and also one of nine glacial meres in the location. ('glacial' means that the anxiety inhabited by the simple was the area of a block of ice that lingered at the end of the last Glacial period). These meres are various from those in the Lake District because they do not have a circulation of water into them to keep the level. A man-made island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from dirt removed throughout the making of the yards at Ellesmere House. This was later called Moscow Island, as Napoleon was compelled to pull away from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors' centre and also is preferred with birdwatchers, much of whom see to see grey herons nesting. There are eight other meres close by: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and Hanmer Mere. The civil parish which comprises the town is Ellesmere Urban; the surrounding church, covering a large rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.
