Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (populace 3,493) is a tiny 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 offered by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably flat as well as low-lying compared to the bordering Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode rises near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton and meanders in the direction of Oxford, where it streams right into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) eastern of Moreton, the Four county rock marked the boundary of the historical counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, up until the re-organisation of the region limits in 1931. Since then it notes the gathering place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. Moreton is derived from Old English which means "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and also mersh meaning a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. An alternate recommendation is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for limit.