Ellesmere ( ) may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Ellesmere, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland
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Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
Canada
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Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island ( iu, script=Latn, Umingmak Nuna, lit=land of muskoxen; french: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of , slightly smaller than Great Br ...
, an Arctic island of Canada and named for Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
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Ellesmere Road, an arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and named after Ellesmere, Shropshire
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Ellesmere station, on the Toronto subway in Canada
New Zealand
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Ellesmere, New Zealand, a locality in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand
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Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora, a lake near Ellesmere
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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, with the l ...
, an historic New Zealand electorate
United Kingdom
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Ellesmere, Shropshire
Ellesmere ( ) is a town in Shropshire, England, located near the Welsh border and the towns of Oswestry, Whitchurch and Wrexham. It is notable for its proximity to a number of prominent Meres.
History
Ellesmere Castle was probably an 11t ...
, a market town in Shropshire, England
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Ellesmere Castle
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Ellesmere Rural, a civil parish to the west
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Ellesmere Park, area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England
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Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port ( ) is a port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, north of Chester, south of Birkenhead, southwest of Runcorn and south of ...
, an industrial town in Cheshire, England
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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 ...
, a former district and borough in Cheshire, England
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Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal was a waterway in England and Wales that was planned to carry boat traffic between the rivers Mersey and Severn. The proposal would create a link between the Port of Liverpool and the mineral industries in north east Wales ...
, a canal in the United Kingdom, now known as the Llangollen Canal
Other
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Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, (1 January 1800 – 18 February 1857), known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts. Ellesmere Island, a major island (10th in size am ...
, a 19th-century English politician and patron of the arts
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Earl of Ellesmere, title in the Peerage of the UK
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Ellesmere manuscript, an early 15th-century manuscript of the Canterbury Tales
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Ellesmere Choi, Hong Kong TVB actor
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