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Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 5

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 4

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 3

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 3

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Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 3

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 3

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 3

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 3

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 3

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 2

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 2

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 2

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 2

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

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 2

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 2

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 2

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 2

Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 2

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 2

Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 2

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 2

Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 2

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 2

Olympia London (Established 1886) 2

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

Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 2

Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 2

Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 2

Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2

Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2

The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2

The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 2

The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 2

The London Palladium (Established 1910) 2

W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 2

Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2

World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2

Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 1

Adams, Albert Victor, 1890 - 1949 1

Adams, Lulu (Louise), c1900 - 1989 1

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1

Angolpark (Established 1910) 1

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1

Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1

Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1

Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1

Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980 1

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1

Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1

Butcher, Caroline, [?] 1

Butcher, Henry, c1840 - [?] 1

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Carmencita, c1868 - 1910 1

Cashmore, Martha, 1870 - 1957 1

Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1

Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1

Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1

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