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 offered by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is relatively flat and low-lying compared to the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and also twists in the direction of Oxford, where it streams right into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) eastern of Moreton, the Four shire rock noted the limit of the historical counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, until the re-organisation of the area limits in 1931. Since then it notes the meeting place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as Oxfordshire. Moreton is originated from Old English which suggests "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and mersh implying a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. An alternate suggestion is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for border.