Ellesmere
Parish in the County of Shropshire
Historical Forms
- Ellesmeles 1086 DB
- Eslesmere c.1150 SAC
- Ailesmera 1177 P
- Eylesmere 1271-2 Ass
- Ellismera 1177 P
- Ellesmere 1204 P
- Ellesmare 1203-4 Ass 1698 PR(StA)
- Ellismere 1259 Pat 1577 Saxton 1655 SAS1/XLVII 1724,33 PR(L) 1747 PR(StA)
- Elism' 1581 PR(StA)
- Elismer 1614 ib
- Ellismear, Elismare 1726 PR(StA)
- Elsemere c.1200 MM 1601 PR(L)
- Elsemeare 1703 PR(StA)
- Elesmere 1221 1255-6 Ass 1549 Pat 1623 PR(StA) 1704 PR(L) 1784 PR(L)
- Elesmear 1714 PR(L)
- Ellemere 1230 P
- Elsmere 1516 SBL17285 1773 PR(L) 1750
- Ellsmere 1760 PRL.Wenlock 1775 PR(StA)
- Alismore 1702 PR(StA)
- Alesmore 1711 ib
- Elmeare 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
'Elli's lake', second element mere. This is the largest of the north-Shropshire lakes.
Ellesmere is much the commonest early spelling. The persistence of the variant Ellismere into the 18th cent. suggests that a trisyllabic pronunciation co-existed for some time with the disyllabic form clearly reflected in the spelling Elsmere . The name is always disyllabic now.
These townships vary greatly in size. The largest, Dudleston, is as big as many parishes, but at the other extreme Crickett, Eastwick, Newnes, and Stocks and Coptiviney are tiny. The varying sizes are reflected in the length of the field-name lists.
Major Settlements
Other places in this Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Beech Ho
- Foster's Hays
- St Oswald's College
- Baysil Wd
- Colemer Boathouse Wd
- Colemere Woods
- Little Mill
- Pikesen Fm and Pikesen Moss
- Pole Wd
- Wood Lane
- Yarnest Wd
- Brick Kiln Wd
- Balcarres Ho
- Bartie
- Black Wd
- Bryn Daniel, Bryndaniel Brook
- Bryn-Goleu
- Brynore, Brynore Hall
- Bryn-Y-Cochin
- Caia Fm, Cae-hir
- The Castle, Castle Dingle
- Chapel Ho
- Criftins
- The Crimps
- Cross Lanes, Little Crosslanes, Crosslane Fm
- Dee Side
- Dudleston Grove
- Dudleston Hall
- Dudleston Heath
- Dudleston Park
- Erway
- The Firs
- Flannog
- Flannog Dingle, Flannog Wd
- Gadlas, Gadlas Fm
- Gravel Hole
- Greenhill Bank
- Greyhound
- Griffin Fm
- The Hollies
- Kilhendre Fm, Kilhendre Hall
- Long Wd
- Lower Wd
- New Hall
- The Pant
- Pentre-Coed
- Pentreheylin
- Pentre Madoc
- Pentre Morgan
- Pen-Y-Bryn
- Plas Iolyn
- Plas
- Plas Warren
- Plas-Yn-Coed
- Rock, Rock Dingle
- Round Wd
- Shell Brook, Shellbrook Hill
- Sodylt Bank, Sodylt Ford, Sodylt Hall, Sodylt Lo
- Street Dinas
- Vron
- Yewtree Ho
- Groves Moss, Groves Pltn, Groves Wd
- Plas-Yn-Grove
- Tan Ho
- The Avenue
- Castle
- Cremorne Gardens
- Crimps Cottages
- The Grange
- The Hollies
- Mentone Ho
- The Mere
- The Hollies
- Loop Fm
- Osborne Ho
- Wallford Ho
- Bishop's Ho
- Bishop's Wd
- Brook Mill
- Cambrian Wd
- Crynos Fm
- Hampton Wd Fm
- Hill Top
- Knolls Wd
- Lewis's Wd
- Mill Wd
- New Coppice
- Wood Mill
- Woodside
- Beech Wd
- Friesland
- Hardwick Cottage
- Hardwick Lo
- Hardwick Pool
- Old Hardwick
- Perthy
- Pool Covert
- Rockery Wd
- Lee Bridges
- Lee New Fm
- Lee Wd
- Mere Wd
- Old Hall
- The Rookery
- Black Coppice
- Bridge Villa
- Clapping Gate
- Dumble Hole
- Ford's Coppice
- Hampton Bank
- Hatch
- Lyneal Gorse
- Lyneal Hall
- Lyneal Mill
- Lyneal Moss, Lyneal Moss Cottage
- Lyneal Wd
- Rowe
- Village Fm
- Yell Bridge, Yell Wd
- Yetchleys Coppice
- Crossfield Wd
- Desk Coppice
- Evan's Wd
- Gamebuck Rough
- Green Banks
- Lionlane Wd
- Lomax Wd
- Nantclilmbers Wd
- Northwood Fm, Hall, Ho
- Old Coppice
- Park Hall
- Sandhole Pltn
- Spout
- Spout Wd
- Well Coppice
- Wood Mill
- Birches
- Blake Mere
- Burns Wd
- Cathay's Moss
- Crimps Fm
- Deer Pk
- Dove Pool
- George's Wd
- Hampton Moss
- Ellesmere Lo
- Kettle Mere
- Lea Wd
- Mysych
- Newton Lo
- Newton Mere
- Paddock Wd
- The Ran
- The Bryn
- Ridge Cottage
- The Jonalls
- The Brow
- Brow Wd
- Bryn-Allt
- Building Fm
- Caenumbas
- Coachman's Bridge
- Coppice Ho
- Onston
- Salter's Rough
- Sherwood's Rough
- Springs Brook
- Tetchill Moor
- Winston
- Wood Fm
- Birch Hill
- Cross, Cross Fm
- Goblindale Fm, Goblindale Pltn
- Sandyhill, Sandyhill Cottage
- Trench Wd
- Valve Ho