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<big>'''Sidney Fussell & Sons Ltd, '''''Cross Keys Brewery, Rode, Somerset.''</big>


Acquired by [[Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd]]. 1962 and was closed.  
<big>'''Sidney Fussell & Sons Ltd''', ''Cross Keys Brewery, Rode, Somerset.''</big>


They used the premises for bottling until 1968 and distribution until 1992.  
The earliest documentary reference to the Cross Keys Inn is in 1730. The first certain reference to a brewhouse is in 1818. The Cross Keys Inn and the brew-house came into the ownership of Henry Fussell in 1857. He was also a baker, and he added a bakery to the complex at this time. Between 1879 and 1886, the business was acquired by Sidney Fussell, from his ten brothers and sisters. The brewery was greatly enlarged in 1903 and 1934-1935.  


Buildings remain.
Acquired by [[Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd]] in 1962 and was closed.
 
Bass used the premises for bottling until 1968 and distribution until 1992. Buildings remain.
 
'''[[List of Sidney Fussell & Sons Ltd]]'''
 
* Read: [http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/122/Fussell.pdf "Fussell's Brewery (Bass Distribution Depot), Rode, Somerset" by S Ely and B Jones]
 
*[[Sidney Fussell & the Cross Keys Brewery]]




'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
'''An assortment of images of the brewery'''
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Fussell03_JeffS.jpg|From Jeff Sechiari
File:Fussell04_JeffS.jpg|From Jeff Sechiari
File:Fussell05_JeffS.jpg|From Jeff Sechiari
File:Fussell01_JeffS.jpg|From Jeff Sechiari
File:Fussell02_JeffS.jpg|From Jeff Sechiari
Fussells Rode 2.jpg  
Fussells Rode 2.jpg  
Fussells Rode 1.jpg  
Fussells Rode 1.jpg  
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Rode Fussells F4316.jpg
Rode Fussells F4316.jpg
Rode Fussells a1.jpg
Rode Fussells a1.jpg
Rode Fussells 1994 (7).jpg |The brewery in 1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (7).jpg|1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (6).jpg |The brewery in 1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (6).jpg|1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (5).jpg|The brewery in 1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (5).jpg|1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (3).jpg|The brewery in 1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (3).jpg|1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (2).jpg|The brewery in 1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (2).jpg|1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (1).jpg |The brewery in 1994
Rode Fussells 1994 (1).jpg|1994
</gallery>
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (7).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (8).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussell Rode RD zx (9).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Fussells Rode RD zm.jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
</gallery>
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[[category:Somerset]]

Latest revision as of 21:41, 28 April 2020

Fussell Rode.jpg
Courtesy of the Fussell family

Sidney Fussell & Sons Ltd, Cross Keys Brewery, Rode, Somerset.

The earliest documentary reference to the Cross Keys Inn is in 1730. The first certain reference to a brewhouse is in 1818. The Cross Keys Inn and the brew-house came into the ownership of Henry Fussell in 1857. He was also a baker, and he added a bakery to the complex at this time. Between 1879 and 1886, the business was acquired by Sidney Fussell, from his ten brothers and sisters. The brewery was greatly enlarged in 1903 and 1934-1935.

Acquired by Bass, Mitchells & Butlers Ltd in 1962 and was closed.

Bass used the premises for bottling until 1968 and distribution until 1992. Buildings remain.

List of Sidney Fussell & Sons Ltd


An assortment of images of the brewery

  • From Jeff Sechiari

    From Jeff Sechiari

  • From Jeff Sechiari

    From Jeff Sechiari

  • From Jeff Sechiari

    From Jeff Sechiari

  • From Jeff Sechiari

    From Jeff Sechiari

  • From Jeff Sechiari

    From Jeff Sechiari

  • Fussells Rode 2.jpg
  • Fussells Rode 1.jpg
  • Rode Fussells.jpg
  • Rode Fussells F4316.jpg
  • Rode Fussells a1.jpg
  • 1994

    1994

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    1994

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    1994

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    1994

  • 1994

    1994

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    1994

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

  • Courtesy Roy Denison

    Courtesy Roy Denison

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