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Ellesmere is a market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, noteworthy for its distance to a variety of popular Meres. The community is found alongside Ellesmere (aka ‘the Mere’), among the biggest natural meres in England outside the Lake District and among 9 glacial meres in the area. (‘glacial’ implies that the depression occupied by the simple was the location of a block of ice that persisted at the end of the last Glacial period). These meres are different from those in the Lake District in that they do not have a flow of water right into them to preserve the level. An artificial island in the Mere was constructed in 1812 from soil dug out during the making of the gardens at Ellesmere House. This was later on called Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to retreat from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors’ centre and is popular with birdwatchers, much of whom see to see grey herons nesting. There are 8 other meres close by: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and Hanmer Mere. The civil church which constitutes the community is Ellesmere Urban; the bordering church, covering a huge backwoods, is Ellesmere Rural.