Askam-in-furness
Askam and also Ireleth is a civil parish close to Barrow-in-Furness in the region of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it initially contained 2 different coastal towns with various beginnings and also backgrounds which, in recent times, have actually combined to turn into one constant settlement. The populace of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,632. Ireleth has its origins as a mediaeval farming village gathered on the hill forgeting the level sands of the Duddon Estuary. Askam was developed complying with the discovery of large amounts of iron ore near the village in the middle of the 18th century. Both originally fell within the borders of the Numerous Lonsdale 'north of the sands' in the historic region of Lancashire, but following city government reforms in 1974 became part of the area of Cumbria, together with the remainder of Furness. The neighboring River Duddon tidewater and surrounding countryside have made the location popular for its wild animals, while the towns' revealed setting on the eastern bank dealing with the Irish Sea have motivated the establishment of wind power generation, in the middle of neighborhood controversy.
