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A small, family-oriented Leeston school, located amongst tranquil farming landscape and thirty kilometres from Christchurch, Ellesmere enjoys the best of both rural life and city advantages. Over the centuries Ellesmere has developed into a vibrant market town with numerous Georgian and half-timbered buildings surrounding the medieval streets. Ellesmere’s shops are many and varied, with the type of shops that other towns let go of years ago and there’s not a ‘mall’ in sight. Ellesmere prides itself on its individual and independent shops – some have been in the same family for generations and you only last that long if you know how to value your customers. There are antiques, crafts and gifts, and many other shops striving to tempt you and fresh local produce from the delicatessen. The weekly market still runs since it was granted its charter in 1221 by Henry the Third and occasional antique fairs and craft sales complement the retail scene. Joan, Princess of Wales (c. 1191–1237) illegitimate daughter [14] of King John, was married to Llywelyn the Great and given Ellesmere as a wedding gift in 1205. A 2018 study measured a 5.9% reduction in area amongst 1,773 glaciers in Northern Ellesmere island in the 16-year period 1999–2015 based on satellite data. In the same period, 19 out of 27 ice tongues disintegrated to their grounding lines and ice shelves suffered a 42% loss in surface area. [44] Paleontology [ edit ] Canada's northern neighbours shown on a circumpolar projection of the Arctic

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However it’s hard to imagine that this pretty little market town in the heart of the Shropshire countryside was actually the catalyst for one of the greatest canal networks in the country and subsequent feats of breathtaking engineering that challenged the great Thomas Telford but it’s true. The town even gave its name (very generously) to Ellesmere Port to confirm the fact – more of this to follow. Ballantyne, AP; Greenwood, DR; Sinninghe Damste, JSS; Csank, AZ; etal. (2010). "Significantly warmer Arctic surface temperatures during the Pliocene indicated by multiple independent proxies". Geology. 38 (7): 603–606. Bibcode: 2010Geo....38..603B. doi: 10.1130/G30815.1. All shopped out? Then there are plenty of cafes, pubs, inns and restaurants where you can sit down and recharge yourself before venturing out again. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 17, Egerton, Francis (1800-1857) retrieved 6 March 2018 Absolutely brilliant Halloween themed day out! We got there at opening and stayed until just before it closed.Ellesmere Castle was probably an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle most likely built by either Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, or his son Roger the Poitevin at Castlefields overlooking the Mere. Only its earthworks now remain, with the top of the motte being used for the bowling green, which still commands a fine view. Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland (born 1940) peer, [26] became 6th Earl of Ellesmere in 2000. a b Jeffries, Martin O. (March 1986). "Ice Island Calvings and Ice Shelf Changes, Milne Ice Shelf and Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T" (PDF). Arctic. 39 (1). doi: 10.14430/arctic2039. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019 . Retrieved 29 December 2006.

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The Thule displaced the small-tool cultures, having a number of technological advantages which notably included effective weapons, kayaks and umiaks for hunting marine mammals, and sled dogs for surface transport and pursuit. [2] :51 The Thule also had an extensive trade network, evidenced by meteoritic iron from Greenland which was exported through Ellesmere Island to the rest of the archipelago and to the North American mainland. [2] :52, 105 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ellesmere". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.9 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. p.291. Hattersley-Smith, G (1963). "The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf: recent changes of the ice front". Journal of Glaciology. 4 (34): 415–424. Bibcode: 1963JGlac...4..415H. doi: 10.1017/S0022143000027830. Firstly you have the parking fees. They have extended from the car park and now cover the road in front of the Mere. I'm advised by a town official that the money collected goes to the County Council and not a penny to the Town.NASA Earth Observatory (20 January 2004). "Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf". Archived from the original on 16 September 2008 . Retrieved 13 January 2005. Townend's golden moment". Shropshire Star. 3 August 2021. p.48. Report of his win at the Tokyo Olympics.

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A short distance outside the town is Ellesmere College, a public (i.e., private) boarding school founded in 1884 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard for sons of the middle classes. It is now a fully co-educational school catering for pupils from 7–18. David Phillips, KBE, FRS HFRSE (1924 in Ellesmere – 1999) pioneering structural biologist, [25] became Baron Phillips of EllesmereCanadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited settlement in the world. [56] With the end of the Cold War and the advent of new technologies allowing for remote interpretation of data, the overwintering population has been reduced to 62 civilians and military personnel as of 2016. Some say this is the quietest part of Shropshire and it’s easy to see why. Wander through a landscape of meres and mosses, full of wildlife and mile upon mile of calm canals that link Market Drayton and Whitchurch in the east to Oswestry in the west. Boas, Franz (27 February 1885). "The configuration of Grinnell Land and Ellesmere Land". Science. V (108): 170–171. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017 . Retrieved 30 May 2023. Kalkreuth, WD; Riediger, CL; McIntyre, DJ; Richardson, RJH; etal. (1996). "Petrological, palynological and geochemical characteristics of Eureka Sound Group coals (Stenkul Fiord, southern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada)". International Journal of Coal Geology. 30 (1–2): 151–182. doi: 10.1016/0166-5162(96)00005-5. British and United States Arctic expeditions had been interrupted for some years due to the priorities of the Crimean War and the American Civil War, respectively. [9] :340 By about 1860, the focus of Arctic exploration had shifted to the North Pole. As earlier attempts at the pole via Svalbard or eastern Greenland had reached impasses, numerous expeditions came to Ellesmere Island to pursue the route through Nares Straight. [9] :334