Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (population 3,493) is a little 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 relatively level and low-lying compared with the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode climbs near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and meanders in the direction of Oxford, where it flows right into the Thames just eastern of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) eastern of Moreton, the 4 county stone noted the boundary of the historical counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, up until the re-organisation of the county borders in 1931. Ever since it notes the gathering place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as Oxfordshire. Moreton is derived from Old English which implies "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne as well as mersh meaning 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 boundary.
