Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, noteworthy for its proximity to a number of popular Meres. The community is located by the side of Ellesmere (aka 'the Mere'), one of the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and also one of nine glacial meres in the location. ('antarctic' indicates that the clinical depression occupied by the mere was the place of a block of ice that lingered at the end of the last Glacial period). These meres are different from those in the Lake District because they do not have a circulation of water into them to keep the level. An artificial island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from dirt dug out throughout the production of the yards at Ellesmere House. This was later on called Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to pull back from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors' centre and also is popular with birdwatchers, much of whom see to see grey herons nesting. There are 8 various other meres nearby: 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.