River Medlock

The area just south of Oxford Road railway station enclosed by the railway line and the loop in the river was known as Little Ireland, and was described by Friedrich Engels as "the most horrible spot" of the area. It is commemorated by a red plaque on the wall of 8 Great Marlborough Street, about half-way between New Wakefield Street and Hulme Street. About 3/8 mi west of the plaque, there stands the Statue of Friedrich Engels at Tony Wilson Place. The statue was moved from Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and has the now-culverted flow of River Medlock between Anne Horniman Street and City Road East beneath. The telephone exchange name, and subsequent dialling code for…