Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (population 3,493) is a small 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 (now the A429) as well as the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh railway station on the Cotswold Line. It is fairly level and low-lying compared to the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode climbs near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton as well as twists in the direction of Oxford, where it moves into the Thames just east of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) eastern of Moreton, the 4 county rock marked the limit of the historic areas of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, until the re-organisation of the region limits in 1931. Ever since it notes the meeting place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as Oxfordshire. Moreton is originated from Old English which suggests "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and mersh implying a marsh made use of by birds such as moorhens. An alternate tip is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', early English for boundary.