Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its closeness to a number of famous Meres. The town is located alongside Ellesmere (aka 'the Mere'), one of the largest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and also one of 9 antarctic meres in the area. ('glacial' indicates that the clinical depression occupied by the mere was the place 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 into them to maintain the level. A man-made island in the Mere was created in 1812 from dirt removed during the production of the gardens at Ellesmere House. This was later named Moscow Island, as Napoleon was required to retreat from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors' centre and is prominent with birdwatchers, a lot of whom visit to see grey herons nesting. There are eight various other meres close by: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and Hanmer Mere. The civil church which constitutes the town is Ellesmere Urban; the surrounding church, covering a large backwoods, is Ellesmere Rural.
