Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (population 3,493) is a small market community 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 the A44. It is offered by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably level and low-lying compared to the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode climbs near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton as well as twists towards Oxford, where it flows right into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) eastern of Moreton, the Four county rock marked the limit of the historic counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, up until the re-organisation of the area boundaries in 1931. Ever since it notes the meeting point of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as Oxfordshire. Moreton is stemmed from Old English which implies "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and also mersh implying a marsh made use of by birds such as moorhens. An alternative pointer is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for limit.