Gravestone and Red Admiral butterfly, Ellesmere churchyard
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Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 12 Sep 2020
Mary Leeke, whose grave this is, lived nearby at Cole Mere (one of the kettlehole lakes that give this area the name of the Shropshire Lake District).