James Fussell

James Fussell

James Fussell IV (1748-1832) [cite book|last=Atthill|first=Robin|title=Old Mendip|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|date=1971|edition=2nd|isbn=0715351710] was an iron magnate operating the Old Ironstone Works, Mells in Vallis Vale between Mells and Great Elm in Somerset. (The business was set up by his father, James Fussell III). He was a promoter of the Dorset and Somerset Canal.

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* [http://www.jfass.fsnet.co.uk/fiis/page4.html James Fussell Iron Industry Story]


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