Huntingdon Beaumont

Coal entrepreneur (c.1560-1624) of the Coleorton branch of the Beaumont family, lessee of the Willoughbys' Wollaton pits from 1601 and of the Strelley pits from 1603, who laid the Wollaton Wagonway and later built wagonways near Blyth in Northumberland. An innovator with boring rods but a poor businessman, he died imprisoned for debt.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Strelley Colliery Nottinghamshire 1603–1620
Wollaton Colliery Nottinghamshire 1601–1620

Record created: 9 September 2026 · Last researched: 9 September 2026