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Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2

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Olympia London (Established 1886) 2

Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 1

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1

Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 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

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1

Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1

Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1

Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1

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

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Carmencita, c1868 - 1910 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 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 Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 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

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1

Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1

Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1

Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1

Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1

David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1

Doddles, c1877 - 1967 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1

Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Edison, Thomas, 1847 - 1931 1

Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1

Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1

Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1

Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1

Fowle, Fred, 1914 - 1983 1

Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1

George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1

Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 1

Giffords Circus (Established 2000) 1

Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1

Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1

Hassan, Ali, Born c1876 1

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1

Horn, Rudy, 1933 - 2018 1

Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 1

Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1

International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) 1

J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1

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