Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish close to Barrow-in-Furness in the region of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it originally contained 2 separate coastal towns with various beginnings and also histories which, in recent times, have merged to become one continuous settlement. The populace of the civil church taken at the 2011 Census was 3,632. Ireleth has its beginnings as a mediaeval farming village clustered on the hillside forgeting the level sands of the Duddon Estuary. Askam was developed adhering to the exploration of large quantities of iron ore near the village in the middle of the 18th century. Both originally fell within the boundaries of the Thousand of Lonsdale 'north of the sands' in the historic region of Lancashire, but complying with city government reforms in 1974 entered into the area of Cumbria, along with the remainder of Furness. The nearby River Duddon tidewater and also surrounding countryside have actually made the location well known for its wildlife, while the villages' exposed position on the eastern financial institution encountering the Irish Sea have urged the establishment of wind power generation, in the middle of neighborhood debate.