Askam-in-furness
Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish near Barrow-in-Furness in the region of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it initially contained 2 separate seaside villages with different origins and also histories which, in current times, have actually combined to become one constant negotiation. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,632. Ireleth has its beginnings as a mediaeval farming town clustered on the hillside neglecting the level sands of the Duddon Estuary. Askam was established complying with the discovery of big quantities of iron ore near the village in the middle of the 18th century. The pair originally dropped within the limits of the Thousand of Lonsdale 'north of the sands' in the historical county of Lancashire, yet complying with local government reforms in 1974 became part of the county of Cumbria, in addition to the remainder of Furness. The neighboring River Duddon estuary and also surrounding countryside have actually made the area well known for its wildlife, while the villages' exposed setting on the eastern bank dealing with the Irish Sea have actually motivated the establishment of wind power generation, amid neighborhood debate.
