Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (population 3,493) is a little 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 (now the A429) and also 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 bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode rises near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton as well as meanders in the direction of Oxford, where it moves into the Thames just eastern of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) east of Moreton, the Four shire rock noted the limit of the historic counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and also Oxfordshire, up until the re-organisation of the county borders in 1931. Since then it notes the gathering place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and also Oxfordshire. Moreton is originated from Old English which means "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne as well as mersh implying a marsh made use of by birds such as moorhens. An alternate suggestion is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for border.