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Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1

Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1

Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1

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Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Bostock, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1858 - 1940 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1

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

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2

Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1

Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1

Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2

Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1

Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1

Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1

Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2

Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1

Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1

Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1

KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1

La Belle Atalanta, 1874 - 1953 1

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1

Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1

Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1

Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1

Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 1

Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1

Olympia London (Established 1886) 1

Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1

Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1

Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 2

Piccadilly Hall (Established c1611 - 1612) 1

Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1

Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1

Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1

Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1

Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1

Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1

Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1

Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1

Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1

Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1

Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1

Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1

Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1

Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1

Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1

Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1

Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1

Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1

Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1

Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1

Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2

Royal Alhambra Palace (1858 - 1936) (London) 1

Sandow, Eugene, 1867 - 1925 1

Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1

Savoy Cinema (1938 - 1959) 1

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1793 - 1864) 1

Sickert, Walter, 1860 - 1942 1

Stanley, Henry Morton, Sir, 1841 - 1904 1

Testo Family, Established c1700 1

Testo, Felix, c1799 - 1879 1

Testo, Felix, junior, c1838 - 1910 1

Testo, William, 1840 - 1899 1

The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2

The Bedford Music Hall (1861 - 1959) 1

The London Coliseum (1827 - 1875) 1

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1

Thumb, Tom, 1838 - 1883 1

Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 1

Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1

Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1

Webb, Matthew, 1848 - 1883 1

Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 1

Wilton's Music Hall (Established 1859) 1

Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, Field Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Sir, 1833 - 1913 1

Young, Anthony, [?] - 1878 1

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