In around 1200, the lord of Pontefract Castle, Roger de Laci, presented William Bellomonte, ancestor of the Beaumonts of Whitley, with 24 bovates of land, half meadow, half wood and four marks rent on the mill in the same place near Huddersfield.
Although there were probably houses built on the site in the interim, the first documented hall was constructed by Sir Richard Beaumont in the early 17th century.
[3][4] These improvements includes thicker tree belts, new plantations and extending the park to the south, and creating a new entrance and drive.
Capability Brown's improvements took place around 1779-1780, as a visit to Whitley Beaumont was recorded in his account book in 1779.
After the 1950 break-up of the estate, an area of land south of the hall passed into the hands of the Huddersfield Scout districts.