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Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 4

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 4

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 3

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 3

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 3

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World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 3

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 2

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 2

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2

David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 2

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2

J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2

Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) 2

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2

Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 2

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2

Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2

The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 2

Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2

Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 2

Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 2

Airey, Malcolm, c1938 -1998 1

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1

Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1

Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1

Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1

Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1

Barnum, P. T., 1810 - 1891 1

Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1

Bathe, Lionel, 1919 - 1995 (Fairground and Circus Enthusiast) 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1

Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1

Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1

Butlins (Established c1920) 1

C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1

Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1

Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1

Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1

Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) 1

Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1

Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1

Codona (Established c1790) 1

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1

Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1

Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1

Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1

Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1

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