River Goyt
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![]() The River Goyt is highlighted in red Coordinates:53°24′51″N2°09′25″W/ 53.41420°N 2.15689°W | |
Location | |
Country | England |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Axe Edge Moor,Derbyshire |
• elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | River Mersey |
• elevation | 40 m (130 ft)[2] |
Length | 48.844 km (30.350 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Mersey—Irish Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Todd Brook |
• right | Sett,Etherow |
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TheRiver Goytis atributaryof theRiver MerseyinNorth West England.
Etymology
[edit]The nameGoytmay be derived from theMiddle Englishgote,meaning "a watercourse, a stream".[3]Derivation from theWelshgwythmeaning "vein" has been suggested, but described as "doubtful".[4]
Course
[edit]The Goytriseson the moors ofAxe Edge,near theRiver Daneand theCat and Fiddle Inn.The area is known as theUpper Goyt Valley.The oldCat and Fiddle RoadfromBuxtontoMacclesfieldcrosses the river just as it turns northwards to flow down its well-known valley. The river then flows under Derbyshire Bridge, which was the old boundary betweenDerbyshireandCheshire.Later it reaches an oldpackhorse bridgethat was moved whenErrwood reservoirwas built in the 1960s (see photo below). Further downstream there is anotherreservoir,theFernilee Reservoir,built in 1938.[5]The original line of theCromford and High Peak Railwaycan be seen near this point.
The Goyt then passes throughTaxalandHorwich Endwhere it is joined by theTodd Brook.Thereafter it passes throughWhaley Bridge,New Mills(where it is joined by theRiver Sett) andMarple Bridge.Having been joined by theRiver Etherow,the Goyt joins theRiver TameatStockport,forming theRiver Mersey.
The section of the Goyt valley betweenEtherow Country Parkand Whaley Bridge is followed by theGoyt Way,a 10-mile (16 km) walking route and part of the longerMidshires Way.[6]
The River Goyt is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a girl whose Royalist lover drowned in the river.[7]
Pollution
[edit]The river'sEnvironment Agencypollution classification changed from moderate to poor in its lower section from the Etherow to the Mersey in 2016,[8]and in 2015 for the New Mills to Whaley Bridge length.[9]Otherwise the quality is moderate.[10][11]
Tributaries
[edit]- Poise Brook (L)
- Ochreley Brook (R)
- Torkington Brook (L)
- Marple Brook (R)
- Padden Brook?
- St Chad's Brook?
- River Etherow(R)
- Marple Bridge Brook? (R)
- Hollywood Brook? (R)
- Mellor Brook? (R)
- Linnet Brook? (R)
- Strines Brook? (R)
- Higgin's Brook? (L)
- River Sett(R)
- River Kinder(R)
- Upper Brook? (L)
- William Brook? (R)
- Blackshaws Brook? (L)
- Red Brook (L)
- River Kinder(R)
- Shedyard Brook? (R)
- Waterside Brook? (R)
- Green Botham Brook? (R)
- Todd Brook (L)
- Gnathole Brook (L)
- Carr Brook (R)
- Randal Carr Brook (R)
- Meveril Brook (L)
- Brook Houses Brook (R)
- Meveril Brook (L)
Gallery
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The "Roman Bridge" over the River Goyt between New Mills and Marple Bridge is actually 17th century.
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The Goyt (right) meets the Tame in Stockport to form the Mersey.
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Goyts Bridge – the packhorse bridge (see Errwood Reservoir above) was partly broken in 1960, but restored when it was moved.
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River Goyt at Furness Vale (1968) when the colour depended on discharges from the calico print mills in the valley.
See also
[edit]List of mills in New Mills area
References
[edit]- ^Environment Agency(March 2004)."The Tame, Goyt and Etherow catchment abstraction management strategy".Environment Agency North West, Warrington. p. 6. Archived fromthe original(pdf)on 27 September 2007.Retrieved13 March2007.
- ^Boyce, D (August 2005)."Mersey and Bollin Catchment abstraction management strategy".Environment Agency North West, Warrington. p. 5. Archived fromthe original(pdf)on 27 September 2007.Retrieved13 March2007.
- ^"The place-names of England and Wales".Retrieved17 July2017.
- ^Studia Celtica.University of Wales Press. 2006. p. 47.Retrieved15 June2019.
- ^"History".Goyt Valley Online.Retrieved14 August2019.
- ^"Goyt Way".Long Distance Walkers Association.Retrieved26 March2018.
- ^Ash, Russell (1973).Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain.Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 372.ISBN9780340165973.
- ^"Catchment Data Explorer - Goyt (Etherow to Mersey)".environment.data.gov.uk.Retrieved14 August2019.
- ^"Catchment Data Explorer - River Goyt (Sett to Etherow)".environment.data.gov.uk.Retrieved15 August2019.
- ^"Catchment Data Explorer - River Goyt (Sett to Etherow)".environment.data.gov.uk.Retrieved14 August2019.
- ^"Catchment Data Explorer - River Goyt (Source to Randall Carr Brook)".environment.data.gov.uk.Retrieved14 August2019.
Further reading
[edit]"The Goyt Valley (Fact Sheet: 16)"(PDF).Peak District National Park Authority. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 12 May 2013.Retrieved28 April2014.