Moreton-in-Marsh (populace 3,493) is a small market community 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 (now the A429) as well as the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably level and also low-lying compared with the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton and twists towards Oxford, where it flows right into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) east of Moreton, the Four shire rock marked the boundary of the historical counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, till the re-organisation of the county limits in 1931. Since then it marks the gathering place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. Moreton is stemmed from Old English which suggests "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne as well as mersh meaning a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. An alternate idea is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', early English for limit.