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Askam-in-furness
Askam and also Ireleth is a civil parish near Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it originally consisted of 2 different coastal villages with different beginnings as well as histories which, in current times, have merged to turn into one constant settlement. The populace of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,632. Ireleth has its beginnings as a mediaeval farming town gathered on the hillside overlooking the level sands of the Duddon Tidewater. Askam was developed complying with the discovery of huge quantities of iron ore near the village in the middle of the 18th century. Both initially fell within the limits of the Thousand of Lonsdale 'north of the sands' in the historic region of Lancashire, however following city government reforms in 1974 entered into the area of Cumbria, along with the rest of Furness. The close-by River Duddon estuary as well as bordering countryside have actually made the area well known for its wild animals, while the villages' exposed position on the eastern bank facing the Irish Sea have actually motivated the establishment of wind energy generation, in the middle of regional debate.