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 initially contained two different seaside villages with various beginnings and also histories which, in current times, have actually combined to become one continuous settlement. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,632. Ireleth has its origins as a mediaeval farming village gathered on the hillside neglecting the flat sands of the Duddon Estuary. Askam was established adhering to the exploration of big amounts of iron ore near the village in the middle of the 18th century. Both originally fell within the boundaries of the Hundred of Lonsdale 'north of the sands' in the historical region of Lancashire, however following local government reforms in 1974 entered into the county of Cumbria, along with the remainder of Furness. The nearby River Duddon tidewater and also bordering countryside have made the area well known for its wild animals, while the villages' exposed placement on the eastern bank encountering the Irish Sea have actually motivated the establishment of wind power generation, amidst neighborhood controversy.
