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and one of nine glacial meres in the area. ('glacial' means that the depression occupied by the mere was the location of a block of ice that persisted at the end of the
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1472:(1876 in Ellesmere – 1928) social reformer and founder of
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Ellesmere no longer has a railway, but it was once on the
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550 Dairy Jobs to Go, Dundee Courier, 31 October 1986 ,p9
1671:"Population statistics Ellesmere AP/CP/Tn through time"
1609:"Ellesmere Urban (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census"
1513:(born 1940) peer, became 6th Earl of Ellesmere in 2000.
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CMG VD (1860-1937), Church of England clergyman, later
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gave the manors of Ellesmere and Hales in England to
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1716:Ellesmere Fairs, Chester Courant, 24 June 1806, p1
1274:Greatest Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire
2216:Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland, Geni.com
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1432:KG, PC (1800–1857) poet and patron of the arts
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1793:"Church of St Mary, Ellesmere Urban (1055505)"
1384:and given Ellesmere as a wedding gift in 1205.
1376:(c. 1191–1237) illegitimate daughter of King
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1358:Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
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539:Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
1264:TV transmitters. Local radio stations are
1260:. Television signals are received from the
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1579:Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses NNR
1349:Category:People from Ellesmere, Shropshire
1057:Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
823:, in 1848 he purchased at auction for 355
654:. Ellesmere was ordered to be attacked by
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1353:In chronological order by year of birth:
1270:Free Radio Black Country & Shropshire
1252:Local news and television programmes are
599:and was, by this time, the sole ruler of
111:Learn how and when to remove this message
2308:Report of his win at the Tokyo Olympics.
2107:. C. Jobson, Ellesmere. pp. 26–28.
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1306:The town also has a semi-professional
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817:Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
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2241:Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1885
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1236:A short distance outside the town is
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2559:List of civil parishes in Shropshire
2129:Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1935
2071:"Egerton, Francis (1800-1857)"
1507:, became Baron Phillips of Ellesmere
1391:(c. 1287–1344) household knight of
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49:adding citations to reliable sources
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2819:Former civil parishes in Shropshire
1574:Listed buildings in Ellesmere Urban
1316:North West Counties Football League
1298:are the town's local newspapers.
1201:in 1849. A grade I listed building.
752:John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
537:castle most likely built by either
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1829:National Heritage List for England
1798:National Heritage List for England
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2254:Robert Topham at Englandstats.com
2080:. Vol. 17. pp. 153–154.
2028:. Vol. 31. pp. 355–356.
1938:. Vol. 49. pp. 101–103.
1696:"Ellesmere Registration District"
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2025:Dictionary of National Biography
1987:Dictionary of National Biography
1961:Dictionary of National Biography
1935:Dictionary of National Biography
1675:A Vision of Britain through Time
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1976:Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge
1924:Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge
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1489:Edward VIII abdication crisis
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1085:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
859:Edward VIII abdication crisis
595:(who already had a castle at
533:was probably an 11th-century
2738:Parliamentary constituencies
2306:. 3 August 2021. p. 48.
2131:. Crockford's. p. 1230.
2103:Peake, The Rev John (1999).
1990:. Vol. 28. p. 435.
1964:. Vol. 29. p. 388.
1877:"Border Counties Advertizer"
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192:OS grid reference
123:Human settlement in England
16:Town in Shropshire, England
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2814:Towns of the Welsh Marches
2809:Market towns in Shropshire
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2051:Encyclopædia Britannica
2045:"Telford, Thomas"
2014:Bradley, Emily Tennyson
1774:Encyclopædia Britannica
1374:Joan, Princess of Wales
1364:Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd
1159:(most but not all) and
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2243:. Kelly's. p. 85.
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708:and Isolda de Walton.
312:Postcode district
242:Ceremonial county
224:Unitary authority
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2066:Boase, George Clement
1955:"Joan (d.1237)"
1824:"Town Hall (1055513)"
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652:Moreton Corbet Castle
140:Ellesmere town centre
1563:, lives at Ellesmere
1561:2020 Summer Olympics
1505:structural biologist
1438:(1823–1862) MP for
1312:Ellesmere Rangers FC
1278:Smooth West Midlands
1266:BBC Radio Shropshire
1128:Orthopaedic Hospital
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667:Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
648:Westbury, Shropshire
292:Sovereign state
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2804:Towns in Shropshire
2439:(cities in italics)
2416:Unitary authorities
1619:on 26 November 2015
1448:(1829-1910), later
1440:North Staffordshire
1282:Heart West Midlands
1010:World Heritage Site
833:William Shakespeare
827:from the estate of
729:Knights Hospitaller
698:War of Saint-Sardos
685:during March 1282.
620:Joan, Lady of Wales
614:In mid-April 1205,
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1589:Duke of Sutherland
1382:Llywelyn the Great
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760:Sir Roger Kynaston
671:Dafydd ap Gruffydd
636:Whittington Castle
616:Llywelyn the Great
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