Editing River Etherow (section)

==Course==
[[File:Marple River Goyt 0297.JPG|thumb|upright|Destination: The Etherow enters the River Goyt, flowing from right to left]]
[[source (river)|Rising]] in the Redhole Spring and Wike Head area of Pikenaze Moor in Derbyshire, the river broadens into the [[Longdendale Chain]] of [[reservoir (water)|reservoirs]] in the [[Peak District|Peak District National Park]]. It emerges again in [[Tintwistle]], Derbyshire, at the foot of [[Bottoms Reservoir, Derbyshire|Bottoms Reservoir]] [[dam]]<ref name=QuayleW>{{Harvnb|Quayle|2006b|p=85}}</ref> and passes [[Ardotalia|Melandra Castle]] in [[Gamesley]], where it is joined by Glossop Brook.<ref name="Ref_">This brook takes in waters from the Shelf Brook, Hurst Brook and others.</ref>  The Etherow enters the borough of [[Tameside]] at [[Hollingworth]] in Greater Manchester, passing into Stockport where it passes through [[Etherow Country Park]]. It flows into the [[River Goyt]] at Brabyns Park near [[Marple, Greater Manchester|Marple]].

The modern accepted start of the [[River Mersey]] is at the confluence of the [[River Tame, Greater Manchester|Tame]] and Goyt, in central [[Stockport]], {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} downstream.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clayton |first1=Phil |title=Headwaters: Walking to British River Sources |date=2012 |publisher=Frances Lincoln Limited |location=London |isbn=9780711233638 |page=126 |edition=First}}</ref><!-- which? <ref name=QuayleC>{{Harvnb|Quayle|2006|p=159}}</ref>--> However, older definitions, and many older maps, place its start at the confluence of the Etherow and Goyt; for example the [[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]] states "It is formed by the junction of the Goyt and the Etherow a short distance below [[Marple, Greater Manchester|Marple]] in Cheshire on the first-named stream." John Stockdale's map published on 12 April 1794 shows the Mersey River extending to at least [[Mottram-in-Longdendale|Mottram]], and forming the boundary between [[Cheshire]] and [[Derbyshire]].<ref>[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/web/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=2001798 John Stockdale, 1794, Map of the Environs of Mottram-in-Longdendale]</ref>