Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (populace 3,493) is a tiny market town 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 (currently the A429) as well as the A44. It is offered by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is reasonably level and also low-lying compared to the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode rises near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and twists in the direction of Oxford, where it moves right into the Thames simply eastern of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) east of Moreton, the 4 county stone marked the boundary of the historic areas of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, until the re-organisation of the region limits in 1931. Since then it marks the meeting place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and also Oxfordshire. Moreton is stemmed from Old English which suggests "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne as well as mersh suggesting a marsh utilized by birds such as moorhens. An alternative recommendation is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for limit.