Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (populace 3,493) is a small market town 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 (currently the A429) as well as the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably level as well as low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton as well as meanders in the direction of Oxford, where it flows right into the Thames just east of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) eastern of Moreton, the Four shire stone noted the limit of the historic counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and also Oxfordshire, until the re-organisation of the area borders in 1931. Since then it notes the meeting point of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. Moreton is originated from Old English which suggests "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and also mersh implying a marsh utilized by birds such as moorhens. An alternate idea is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', early English for border.