a romantic river on the borders of Cheshire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire, about four miles S.W. of Buxton. From its source to the junction with Etherow it forms a boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire. At Newmills it receives the brook Kinder, from the west side of Kinderscout, and flows through a romantic dale. Below this village and dale the Goyt passes through some beautiful meadows bounded by hills and woods, after which it enters a narrow vale replete with beautiful scenery. After its passage through Marple Bridge, the scenery becomes strikingly beautiful, the river impetuous and broad, and its banks are lofty and precipitous. Its junction with the Etherow is further down, where the scenery becomes still more imposing and picturesque; and hence the river flows westward a few miles through part of Cheshire, passing Marple Hall and Woodbank, to Stockport, where it unites with the Tame, and thus forms the Mersey.