Askam-in-furness
Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish near to Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it initially included 2 separate coastal towns with different origins as well as histories which, in current times, have merged to become one constant negotiation. The populace of the civil church taken at the 2011 Census was 3,632. Ireleth has its beginnings as a mediaeval farming village clustered on the hill neglecting the level sands of the Duddon Estuary. Askam was established adhering to the discovery of large amounts of iron ore near the town in the middle of the 18th century. The pair originally dropped within the borders of the Thousand of Lonsdale 'north of the sands' in the historical county of Lancashire, but adhering to city government reforms in 1974 became part of the area of Cumbria, in addition to the remainder of Furness. The neighboring River Duddon estuary and bordering countryside have made the location popular for its wildlife, while the towns' revealed position on the eastern financial institution encountering the Irish Sea have actually urged the establishment of wind energy generation, amidst regional dispute.
