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) and the A44. It is offered by Moreton-in-Marsh train station on the Cotswold Line. It is fairly level and low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton as well as twists in the direction of Oxford, where it moves right into the Thames just eastern of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) eastern of Moreton, the Four shire rock marked the border of the historical counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire as well as Oxfordshire, till the re-organisation of the area borders in 1931. Ever since it marks 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 suggesting a marsh made use of by birds such as moorhens. A different tip is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for boundary.