irk

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The south bank of the Irk is here very steep and between fifteen and thirty feet high. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence

In Manchester, the pauper burial-ground lies opposite to the Old Town, along the Irk: this, too, is a rough, desolate place. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence

Manchester proper lies on the left bank of the Irwell, between that stream and the two smaller ones, the Irk and the Medlock, which here empty into the Irwell. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence

Above the bridge are tanneries, bonemills, and gasworks, from which all drains and refuse find their way into the Irk, which receives further the contents of all the neighbouring sewers and privies. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence

It is situated in the neighbourhood of four rivers, viz., the Irwell, Medlock, Irk, and Tib.

From The Towns of Roman Britain by Bevan, James Oliver