Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (populace 3,493) is a small market town 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 served by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably flat and also low-lying compared to the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode rises near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton as well as meanders in the direction of Oxford, where it moves into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) eastern of Moreton, the 4 county rock noted the boundary of the historic counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, until the re-organisation of the area borders in 1931. Since then it notes the meeting point of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and also Oxfordshire. Moreton is originated from Old English which indicates "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne as well as mersh indicating a marsh utilized by birds such as moorhens. A different pointer is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', early English for limit.