Retirement Properties Spotlight in Blockley

Blockley is a large village with a non-proft making shop about three miles northwest of Moreton-in-Marsh just over the main A44 Oxford to Evesham road.

Moreton-in-Marsh is situated at the crossroads of two important routes, north-south (A429 Cirencester to Warwick) and east-west (A44 Oxford to Worcester). The redrawing of the boundaries in 1928 resulted in only three shires meeting at Moreton-in-Marsh. It is doubtful if the area around was ever marshland and it is more likely that ‘Marsh‘ is a corruption of ‘Merche‘ the ancient name for a boundary. The town with its wide elegant tree lined High Street grew primarily when it was an important coaching stage and also the centre of a linen weaving industry that grew up after the decline of the woollen trade.