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Ellesmere is a market community near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its proximity to a number of popular Meres. The community is situated by the side of Ellesmere (aka ‘the Mere’), one of the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and among nine glacial meres in the location. (‘glacial’ means that the depression occupied by the simple was the area of a block of ice that persisted at the end of the last Ice Age). These meres are different from those in the Lake District because they do not have a flow of water into them to maintain the level. An artificial island in the Mere was built 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 away from Moscow that year. The Mere has a site visitors’ centre and also is popular with birdwatchers, most of whom check out 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 community is Ellesmere Urban; the bordering church, covering a huge rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.