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  • Ellesmere, Shropshire
    Ellesmere, Shropshire
    Ellesmere is a small market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its proximity to a number of prominent lakes, the Meres.-History:...

    , a market town in Shropshire, England
    • Ellesmere Castle
      Ellesmere Castle
      Ellesmere Castle was in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. .This was a motte and bailey castle which was probably founded by Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury on a prominent hill to the east of the town, overlooking the Mere, soon after the Norman conquest...

    • Ellesmere Rural
      Ellesmere Rural
      Ellesmere Rural is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.It covers a large area, mainly to the west of the town of Ellesmere, which is a separate civil parish ....

      , a civil parish to the west
  • Ellesmere Park
    Ellesmere Park
    Ellesmere Park is an area of Eccles, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, Ellesmere Park today is an affluent, predominantly residential area.- History:Ellesmere Park grew up around the turn of the 20th century...

    , area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England
  • Ellesmere Port
    Ellesmere Port
    Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and port in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on the south border of the Wirral Peninsula on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, which in turn gives access to the River...

    , an industrial town in Cheshire, England
  • Ellesmere Port and Neston
    Ellesmere Port and Neston
    Ellesmere Port and Neston was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It covered the southern part of the Wirral Peninsula, namely that part which is not included in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral....

    , a former district and borough in Cheshire, England
  • Ellesmere Canal
    Ellesmere Canal
    The Ellesmere Canal was a canal in England and Wales, originally planned to link the Rivers Mersey, Dee, and Severn, by running from Netherpool to Shrewsbury. The canal that was eventually constructed was very different from what was originally envisioned...

    , a canal in the United Kingdom, now known as the Llangollen Canal
  • Ellesmere Island
    Ellesmere Island
    Ellesmere Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Lying within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, with Cape Columbia being the most northerly point of land in Canada...

    , an Arctic island of Canada and named for Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
  • Lake Ellesmere
    Lake Ellesmere
    Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora is located in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is actually a broad, shallow lagoon located directly to the west of Banks Peninsula, separated from the Pacific Ocean by a long narrow sandy spit called Kaitorete Spit, or more correctly Kaitorete...

    , a lake in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand
    • Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate)
      Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate)
      Ellesmere was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It existed for two periods between 1861 and 1928 and was represented by six Members of Parliament.-Population centres:Ellesmere was a rural electorate...

      , an historic New Zealand electorate
  • Ellesmere (TTC)
    Ellesmere (TTC)
    Ellesmere is a station on the Scarborough Rapid Transit line of the subway/RT system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1025 Ellesmere Road, between Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue. It was opened in 1985....

    , a station on the Scarborough RT of the Toronto subway
  • Ellesmere Road, an arterial road in Toronto, Canada and named after Ellesmere, Shropshire

Other

  • Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
    Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
    Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC , known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts...

    , a 19th century English politician and patron of the arts
  • Earl of Ellesmere
    Earl of Ellesmere
    Earl of Ellesmere, of Ellesmere in the County of Shropshire , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1846 for the Conservative politician Lord Francis Egerton. He was granted the courtesy title of Viscount Brackley, of Brackley in the County of Northampton, at the same...

    , title in the Peerage of the UK
  • Ellesmere manuscript
    Ellesmere manuscript
    The Ellesmere Chaucer, or Ellesmere Manuscript is an early 15th century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, held in the Huntington Library, in San Marino, California...

    , an early 15th century manuscript of the Canterbury Tales
  • Ellesmere Choi
    Ellesmere Choi
    Ellesmere Choi Chi Kin is a Hong Kong television actor for TVB. He attended TVB's training classes in 1993.-TV series:*In the Eye of the Beholder *His True Father...

    , Hong Kong TVB actor
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