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History of Moreton-in-Marsh

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The toponym is derived from Old English. Moreton means "Farmstead on the Moor" and "in Marsh" is from henne and mersh meaning a marsh used by birds such as moorhens. An alternative suggestion is that 'Marsh' is a corruption of 'March', early English for boundary, as in The Fosse Way was as far west as the Romans went, and formed the boundary between Roman and non-Roman occupied lands.

The Curfew Tower on the corner of Oxford Street is probably 16th century. Its bell was cast in 1633 and its clock was built in 1648.

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