However, by the middle of the 16th century supplies of wood were beginning to fail in Britain and the use of coal as a domestic fuel rapidly expanded.[10]: 22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coal_mining#:~:text...

Similar comments here about the lack of wood driving the use of coal.

https://industrialrevolution.org.uk/coal-mines-industrial-re...

And:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24953925