The River Irk is a river in the historic county of Lancashire in the North West England that flows through the northern most Lancastrian towns of the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester.
The Irk at Crumpsall
Image: River Irk source geograph.org.uk 84936
Image: Irk and Irwell Confluence
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester.
Image: Tower Blocks over Knott Mill, geograph 6866152 by David Dixon
Image: Peel Monument August 2022 (1)
Image: Church Gardens, Wigan geograph.org.uk 3578326
Former weavers' cottages in Wardle. An increase in domestic cloth production, and textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution is attributed to a population boom in the area.