Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (populace 3,493) is a tiny market town in the Evenlode Valley, within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England. The community stands at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road (now the A429) and also the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh train station on the Cotswold Line. It is fairly flat and also low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and twists towards Oxford, where it moves right into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) east of Moreton, the 4 shire rock marked the boundary of the historical regions of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and also Oxfordshire, till the re-organisation of the area borders in 1931. Ever since it marks the meeting place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and also Oxfordshire. Moreton is derived from Old English which implies "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and also mersh suggesting a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. A different idea is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for boundary.
