Ellesmere is a market town in Shropshire, England. Located by the side of a mere, its most notable building is Ellesmere Old Town Hall, built in 1833. The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Salops) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh preserved counties of Powys and Clwyd. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Events January 3, Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. ...
The town lies on a branch of the Llangollen Canal, which eventually links it to Ellesmere Port, named after the town. The meres are popular with birdwatchers, many of whom visit to see herons nesting. What we now know as the Llangollen Canal initially formed the majority of the Ellesmere Canal, and later was part of the Shropshire Union Canal, and only with increasing popularity of pleasure boats was it renamed the Llangollen Canal in an effort to attract more visitors: ironically, the canal was... Arms of Ellesmere Port Town Council Ellesmere Port is an industrial town in the district of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire, England, which was founded, as the name suggests, as an outlet to the sea from Ellesmere, Shropshire and the Wales border area around Llangollen (via a canal then called... Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed American origin; birdwatching is (or more correctly, was) the commonly-used word in Great Britain and Ireland and by non-birders in the United States. ... Heron (disambiguation) Genera Ardea Zebrilus Philherodias Tigrisoma Ardeola Bubulcus Egretta Agamia Butorides Tigriornis Tigrisoma Gorsachius Syrigma Zonerodius Nycticorax see also: Bittern Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, which also includes the egrets and bitterns. ...
Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron ELLESMERE, THOMAS EGERTON, BARON [Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron] 1540?-1617, jurist and statesman.
Ellesmere Port, located on the Manchester Ship Canal near its junction with the Shropshire Union Canal and the entrance into the Mersey estuary, is the principal town of the district.
Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl of ELLESMERE, FRANCIS EGERTON, 1ST EARL OF [Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl of], 1800-1857, British politician, author, and philanthropist.
Ellesmere College is an independent co-educational English public school located in Ellesmere and based in rural North Shropshire, England.
It was founded in 1884 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard as a boys' school in association with the Church of England, on a seventy-acre campus, with views across to the Breidden Hills.
Ellesmere is a member of the Woodard Corporation of Schools, and has a Drama Exchange relationship with Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts in the United States.
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