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 community stands at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road (now the A429) and the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh train station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably flat and also low-lying compared to the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton as well as meanders towards Oxford, where it moves 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 as well as Oxfordshire, until the re-organisation of the region limits in 1931. Ever since it marks the meeting place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and also Oxfordshire. Moreton is stemmed from Old English which implies "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and mersh indicating a marsh utilized by birds such as moorhens. An alternate idea is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for limit.