9 miles from Broadway
Moreton is a thriving market town dating back 1000 years to the Saxon era,
located at the head of the beautiful Evenlode valley. Moreton in the Marsh has
the advantage of its own railway station and the train from Paddington in
central London is 1 hour 20 minutes journey
King Charles I granted a charter for the market in 1637, which is still
exercised every Tuesday, when the High Street is thronged with market stalls
and shoppers from all over the Midlands. In the Civil War Moreton was a centre
for the Royalist cavalry and King Charles stayed at the White Hart Royal on his
final march from his Oxford headquarters. The foundation of a linen-weaving
industry and the advent of turnpikes on the main roads in the mid 18th century
increased the town's importance, and many of the buildings in the High Street
date from this time, although the earliest building is the 16th century Curfew
Tower. The Redesdale Arms and the White Hart Royal were much used for the eight
London-Worcester stagecoaches which stopped here every day. Moreton had one of
the earliest railways in the country when the Stratford-Moreton Tramway opened
in 1826. The main line between London, Oxford and Worcester followed in 1853. .
