Moreton-in-the-Marsh in 1838
Moreton-in-the-Marsh, is a small market-town 24½ miles east-north-east of Gloucester, occupying a low situation on the Roman Foss-way, about two miles west from the Four-shire-stone, an ornamental pillar which marks the point of junction between Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and a detached part of Worcestershire. The market has been long disused ; an old building, once the market-house, supported on pillars, stands in the middle of the village. The number of inhabitants in 1831 was 1,331, and of houses 254.
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