This might be of interest?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDJNmlWK6GI
http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344114Earliest map I can find - 1845.There's mention of "Brinksway Bank Print and Bleach Works" (bottom right hand corner)
The Manchester Mercury, 4 July 1829, reported on an inquest held at the Bulkeley Arms, Cheadle, Mosley into a drowning where the body was found at Brinksway Banks, having fallen into the river at Portwood.