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MERSEY , a See also:

river in the See also:north-See also:west of See also:England. It is formed by the junction of the Goyt and the Etherow a See also:short distance below See also:Marple in See also:Cheshire on the first-named stream. The Goyt rises in the neighbourhood of See also:Axe Edge, See also:south-west of See also:Buxton, and the Etherow in the uplands between Penistoneand See also:Glossop, watering the narrow Longdendale in which are several reservoirs for the See also:Manchester See also:water See also:supply. The Mersey thus drains a large See also:part of the See also:Peak See also:district of See also:Derby-See also:shire and of the See also:southern portion of the Pennine See also:system. The See also:general direction from Marple is See also:westerly. At See also:Stockport the river Tame joins from the north, rising in the See also:moors to the north-See also:east of See also:Oldham, and the Mersey soon afterwards debouches upon the See also:low See also:plain to the west of Manchester, which lies on its See also:northern tributary the Irwell. The Bollin joins from the south-east near Heatley, and the See also:main river, passing See also:Warrington, begins to expand into an See also:estuary before reaching See also:Runcorn and See also:Widnes, which See also:face each other across it. The estuary, widening suddenly at the junction of the See also:Weaver from the south-east, 21 M. below Runcorn, is 3 M. wide off See also:Ellesmere See also:Port, but narrows to less than 1 m. at See also:Liverpool, and hardly exceeds a mile at the mouth in the Irish See also:Sea. The fall of the Mersey is about 1600 ft. in all and about 300 from Marple; its length, including the Goyt, is 70 M. exclusive of lesser windings, and it drains an See also:area of 1596 sq. m. The estuary is one of the most important commercial waterways in the See also:world. (See LIVERPOOL and See also:BIRKENHEAD.) The Manchester See also:Ship See also:Canal (q.v.) joins the estuary through Eastham Locks, skirts its southern See also:shore up to Runcorn, and crosses the river several times. From the name of the river was taken the See also:title of See also:Lord Mersey in 1910 by See also:Sir See also:John Bigham (b.

184o), on his See also:

elevation to the See also:peerage after serving as a See also:judge of the high See also:court from 1897 to 1909 and See also:president of the See also:divorce court 1909-1910.

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