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 community stands at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road (now the A429) and also the A44. It is served by Moreton-in-Marsh train station on the Cotswold Line. It is fairly level and also low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode increases near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and also meanders in the direction of Oxford, where it moves right into the Thames simply east of Eynsham. Just over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) east of Moreton, the Four shire stone noted the limit of the historic areas of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and also Oxfordshire, up until the re-organisation of the region borders in 1931. Ever since it marks the gathering place of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and also Oxfordshire. Moreton is derived from Old English which indicates "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne as well as mersh indicating a marsh made use of by birds such as moorhens. A different recommendation is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for boundary.