Irwell

But their own attendance this side of the Irwell is not great.

Faraz Bhatti: Should He Cover Lib Dem Scrutiny Role? 2008

Also, before the LibDems get all preachy about attendance perhaps they should check up on the attendance rates of their colleagues on the other side of the Irwell...

Faraz Bhatti: Should He Cover Lib Dem Scrutiny Role? 2008

We reds unite across the Irwell and we won't wash typical Tory negativity trying to keep us apart!

Archive 2007-01-14 2007

P.rliament-street P.lice-station by Mr.P. F. Thorney, the borough coroner, on view of the body of Thomas Bates, who had been a seaman on board the screw steamer 'Irwell.'

The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe Henry Woodcock

BACUP, a market town and municipal borough in the Rossendale parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, on the river Irwell, 203 m.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Lancashire, England, on the river Irwell, [v. 04 p. 0868] 195 m.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

A great mob of rooks, living in trees near the river Irwell, were seen chasing each other playfully on the wing, dancing idly with joy and pleasure at the coming spring, when one of them accidentally knocked against another, and fell into the river below.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

The construction of this remarkable work, with its famous aqueduct across the Irwell, was carried out by James Brindley, the celebrated engineer.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Manchester which, lying between the Irwell and the Irk, formerly subject to floods, is etymologically strong-wash.

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

The stick fell in the direction of Ramsbottom, then a little village in the bottom of the valley, on the river Irwell.

James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885