Moreton-in-marsh
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 (currently the A429) and the A44. It is offered by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably flat and low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and also meanders towards Oxford, where it streams right into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) east of Moreton, the Four county rock noted the limit of the historic areas of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and also Oxfordshire, up until the re-organisation of the county boundaries in 1931. Since then it marks the meeting point of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as Oxfordshire. Moreton is originated from Old English which implies "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and mersh meaning a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. A different suggestion is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for limit.
