Moreton-in-marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh (population 3,493) is a tiny 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 fairly flat as well as low-lying compared to the surrounding Cotswold Hills. The River Evenlode rises near Batsford, runs around the side of Moreton and twists towards Oxford, where it streams into the Thames just east of Eynsham. Simply over 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) east of Moreton, the 4 shire rock marked the border of the historic counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and also Oxfordshire, till the re-organisation of the county boundaries in 1931. Ever since it notes the meeting point 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 meaning a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. An alternative suggestion is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', very early English for border.