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Ellesmere is a market community near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, noteworthy for its proximity to a number of prominent Meres. The community is found by the side of Ellesmere (also known as ‘the Mere’), one of the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and among 9 antarctic meres in the location. (‘antarctic’ implies that the clinical depression occupied by the simple was the area of a block of ice that continued 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 maintain the level. An artificial island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from dirt removed throughout the production of the gardens at Ellesmere House. This was later named Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to pull back from Moscow that year. The Mere has a visitors’ centre and is popular with birdwatchers, many of whom see to see grey herons nesting. There are 8 various other meres nearby: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and Hanmer Mere. The civil church which makes up the town is Ellesmere Urban; the bordering church, covering a large rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.