what does moreton mean
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.The Curfew Tower on the corner of Oxford Street is probably 16th century.he town was known as Moreton-in-the-Marsh into the early 20th century. The name was changed to Moreton-in-Marsh before 1930. In 1940, a large area of level land east of the town was developed as RAF Moreton-in-Marsh and used by Wellington bombers.