Moreton, Oxfordshire

Moreton is an English placename meaning "farm in marshy land".^[1] There are several places in Oxfordshire, England, called "Moreton":

• The two neighbouring villages of North and South Moreton in the old Moreton Hundred.^[1]
• The hamlet (in previous times a larger village) of Moreton, a mile to the southwest of Northmoor, on Morton Lane at coordinates 51°42′38″N 1°24′26″W / 51.71066°N 1.40721°W / 51.71066; -1.40721.^{[citation needed]}
• The hamlet of Moreton, near Thame in South Oxfordshire.^[2]

The town of Moreton-in-Marsh (often referred to as Moreton) lies just over the border in Gloucestershire.^[3]