>The Beauchamp brothers, Frank and Louis, owned a number of collieries in
>Bristol and Somerset from the 1890s to the 1940s. A book by Louis's daughter
>suggests that they may also have owned pits in the Forest of Dean . She may
>be mistaken, as she doesn't seem to know too much about their business
>interests, but has anyone ever come across anything which might prove her
>right (or which might suggest that they were involved in other coalfields
>elsewhere in the UK)?
>
>Keith Ramsey
While not claimimg my researches are in any way comprehensive, I have not
come across any references to the Beauchamps in the Forest of Dean. The
only link with Somerset that I can think of is James Sully of Bridgwater
who owned Parkend for a while.
Richard Kelham
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