Askam-in-furness
Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish near to Barrow-in-Furness in the area of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it originally included two separate seaside villages with different origins and also histories which, in recent times, have merged to become one continual negotiation. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,632. Ireleth has its origins as a mediaeval farming village clustered on the hillside ignoring the level sands of the Duddon Estuary. Askam was developed adhering to the exploration of huge amounts of iron ore near the village in the middle of the 18th century. Both originally dropped within the limits of the Numerous Lonsdale 'north of the sands' in the historical region of Lancashire, yet complying with city government reforms in 1974 became part of the area of Cumbria, in addition to the rest of Furness. The close-by River Duddon estuary and also surrounding countryside have made the area popular for its wild animals, while the villages' revealed setting on the eastern financial institution encountering the Irish Sea have encouraged the establishment of wind energy generation, in the middle of local debate.
