The River Goyt, and with it the then county boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire was diverted and a weir built, the leat fed a millpond that in later times was named the Roman Lakes.
The latter would provide an Eastern extension from the proposed Western link into Stockport town centre from Didsbury, linking together many towns in the borough along the Goyt and Mersey rivers.
The medieval town was on the south side of a valley at the confluence of the rivers Goyt and Tame, where they form the River Mersey.
The original water powered Wear Mill was built on the southern bank of the River Mersey, 500 m from it source's at the confluence on the River Tame and the River Goyt.
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Alongside the viaduct is the Marple Aqueduct, which carries the Peak Forest Canal, over the River Goyt.