Allendale, Viscounts, landed estates

Sectors:

  • Extraction Coal extraction
  • Property activities Landed estate management
  • Extraction Lead extraction

Notes:

Beaumont family, later Viscounts Allendale, acquired estate at Bretton from Wentworth/Blackett family. By 1830s had grown their landed estates to include vast land holdings in West Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. Included much coal extraction and lead extraction. A vehicle was the WB Co and their lead mine consultants were Thomas Sopwith, 1803-79, and Thomas J Bewick, 1821-97

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