| Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire |
| A view of the High Street, posted in 1903. |
| The Cotswold Cafe - probably in the early 1960s. |
| The High Street in the early 1960s. |
| This view of Moreton was posted in 1935. |
| A sprinkling of snow on High Street - a postcard which was mailed in the early 1960s. |
| High Street in 1950. |
| The Manor House Hotel, probably late 50s or early 60s. |
| Aston Magna - a postcard from 1934. |
| Another view of High Street from the mid-1930s. |
| This great old postcard has been in my family for many years. It shows the Four Shire Stone, just outside Moreton, which marksthe spot where the four counties of Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire used to come together. (The county boundaries have since been changed several times.) |
| An old and very faded photo postcard of the Four Shire Stone - the computer programme has enhanced the image considerably. |
| No date for this old postcard of Chastleton House. |
| Someone has pencilled "1968" on the back of this card - but it appears to be earlier than that. |
| An undated postcard of the High Street. |
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| A postcard from 1949. |
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| No date for this one. |
| An excellent view of High Street, probably late 20s. |
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| Moreton, which is about 17 miles from Stratford, lies at the head of the Evenlode Valley, between the Cotswolds and the Oxfordshire hills, and immediately south of the watershed between the Severn and the Thames. It has always been my favourite Cotswold town - I used to deliver "Corona" there in the late 1950s and have lots of happy memories. I've been a fairly regular visitor ever since and enjoy its shops and pubs. I've recently discovered that my great-grandfather Gregory and great-grandmother (nee Rouse) were both born in Aston Magna in the early 1800s. I've only managed to find one card of Aston Magna so I'd be grateful if anyone could provide some more - scans are fine, not the actual postcards which I know must be quite valuable ! |
| Every Tuesday the town holds the largest open-air street market in the Cotswolds, and is also the venue for a successful one-day agricultural show held on the first Saturday in September. The Four Shires Stone, (see below for a couple of old postcards) about two miles out of the town, was erected to mark the meeting place of four counties, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire. However, boundaries have long been changed and no longer meet there. |
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