Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (population 3,493) is a little market town in the Evenlode Valley, within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England. The town stands at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road (currently the A429) and also the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh train station on the Cotswold Line. It is fairly level as well as low-lying compared with the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and also meanders in the direction of Oxford, where it streams right into the Thames just east of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Moreton, the 4 shire stone noted the boundary of the historical counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, till the re-organisation of the area boundaries in 1931. Since then it marks the meeting point of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and also Oxfordshire. Moreton is stemmed from Old English which means "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and also mersh indicating a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. A different recommendation is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for border.