Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (populace 3,493) is a little 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) as well as the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably flat and also low-lying compared with the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode rises near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton as well as twists towards Oxford, where it moves into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) eastern of Moreton, the Four county rock marked the boundary of the historic regions of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire as well as Oxfordshire, until the re-organisation of the county boundaries in 1931. Ever since it notes the gathering place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as Oxfordshire. Moreton is derived from Old English which means "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne as well as mersh indicating a marsh utilized by birds such as moorhens. A different tip is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for boundary.
