Askam in Furness

Askam-in-Furness is a civil parish close to Barrow-in-Furness inside the county of Cumbria, in North West England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it in the beginning consisted of two separate coastal villages with distinctive origins and histories which, these days, have merged to end up one continuous agreement. The populace of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census become 3,632. Ireleth has its origins as a mediaeval farming village clustered on the hillside overlooking the flat sands of the Duddon Estuary.

Askam become installed following the invention of big portions of iron ore near the village inside the middle of the 18th century. He pair firstly fell inside the obstacles of the Hundred of Lonsdale 'north of the sands' within the ancient county of Lancashire, however following neighborhood government reforms in 1974 became part of the county of Cumbria, together with the relaxation of Furness. The nearby River Duddon estuary and surrounding geographical region have made the place widely recognized for its wildlife, while the villages' exposed function at the japanese bank facing the Irish Sea have endorsed the established order of wind energy generation, amid nearby controversy.