Edward and Jonathan Kendall

Ironmasters who took a 99-year lease at the head of the Ebbw valley in 1779 and built the Beaufort works on it. The village that grew up around the works was named Cendl after them — a Welsh rendering of Kendall — and still carries that name in Welsh.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Beaufort Iron Works Blaenau Gwent 1779–1807

Record created: 25 August 2026 · Last researched: 25 August 2026

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