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==Fairground==
 
==Fairground==
  
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*[http://www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/index.htm The Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre]
  
[http://www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/index.htm The Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre]
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*[http://www.shef.ac.uk/nfa/ The National Fairground Archive]
  
[http://www.shef.ac.uk/nfa/ The National Fairground Archive]
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*[http://members.shaw.ca/pauline777/TravellersUK.html Fairground Ancestors]
Showmen 1851 & Misc  includes a list of the 1893/1896 Van Dwellers committee 
 
  
Showmen and Other Travellers 1861 
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*[http://www.fairgroundsociety.co.uk/ The Fairground Society]
  
Showmen & Other Travellers 1871 
 
  
Showmen 1881: Bedfordshire to Leicestershire
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==Showmen==
  
Showmen 1881: Lincolnshire to Yorkshire
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*[http://www.circusbiography.co.uk/ Two Centuries of Circus People]
  
Showmen 1881: Scotland and Wales
 
  
Circus Travellers 1881
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==Travellers==
 
 
Travelling Musicians, Actors, etc. 1881
 
 
 
 
 
Other Travellers (1) 1881 
 
  
Other Travellers (2) 1881
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*[http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/about-us About Friends, Families and Travellers]
  
Other Travellers (3) 1881
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*[http://www.gypsyloresociety.org/ Gypsy Lore Society]
   
 
Showmen & Other Travellers 1891 
 
 
 
Showmen & Other Travellers 1901 
 
 
 
Showmen at Fairs: Up to 1900   
 
 
 
Showmen at Fairs: 1901 to 1905     
 
 
 
Showmen at Fairs: 1906 - 1910 
 
 
 
Showmen at Fairs: 1911 to 1915  includes some misc items from 1916- 1932 
 
 
 
Newspapers Clippings, etc 
 
 
 
Fairground Resources    The Era, World's Fair, etc; list of articles from Merry-Go-Round 
 
 
 
Fairs and Feasts  Fairs referenced in Merry-Go-Round; dates for Easter and Whitsun fairs; plus Census dates.
 
 
 
*[The Fairground Heritage Trust Join the forum and let your interests be known The Fairground Heritage]
 
 
 
The Fairground Society 
 
 
 
Romany and Traveller Family History Society:  The Romany and Traveller Family History Society, 6 St. James Walk, South Chailey, East Sussex, BN8 4BU.
 
 
 
University of Sheffield:  National Fairground Archive
 
 
The Williams, Monte
 
and Related Families
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Williams Showmen of Warrington 
 
 
 
Randall Williams 
 
The Monte Williams Showmen   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Haydon and Urry Ltd 
 
 
 
The William & Henrietta Wilson Family  See also James Wilson's website Wilson Family History
 
 
 
Proctor's Circus 
 
 
 
 
 
Duffy's Circus
 
 
 
 
 
The Twigdon Showmen
 
 
 
 
Other Showmen
 
Burrell's of Thetford
 
 
 
 
 
The Groves Bros. Bioscope Show
 
 
 
About Great Yarmouth: The Barron Family
 
 
 
 
 
Codman Gallery  (includes the Codman family tree) Codman's Punch and Judy
 
 
 
 
 
The Story of Wolverhampton's Fairgrounds  All the Fun of the Fair, by Ned Williams
 
 
 
 
 
A Showman Supreme:  History of the Tuby showmen
 
 
 
Silcock's Amusements - Warrington
 
 
 
Pat Collins Fun Fairs
 
 
 
==Showmen==
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html An index of some Showmen, Circus and Fairground Travellers 1861-1915 - also some newspaper clippings and photos]
 
 
 
*[http://www.circusbiography.co.uk/ Two centuries of circus People]
 
 
 
==Travellers==
 
  
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*[http://www.johncooke.com/name/gypsy.htm It's All in a Name: Gypsy]
  
[http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/contacts.htm About Friends, Families and Travellers]
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*[http://www.rtfhs.org.uk/ The Romany and Traveller Family History Society]
  
[http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/history/ Friends, Families And Travellers-Historical Background ]
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*[http://www.journeyfolki.org.uk/ The Mission of Journey Folki]
  
[http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/gypsy/ Index of /collections/gypsy]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/gypsies.htm The Gypsies in Britain]
  
[http://www.journeyfolki.org.uk/ The Mission of Journey Folki]
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*[http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ Welcome To Travellers' Times]
  
[http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/gypsies.htm The Gypsies in Britain]
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*[http://www.romanygenes.webeden.co.uk/ Romanygenes 1]
  
[http://www.scottishgypsies.co.uk/ The Scottish Gypsies]
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*[http://romanygenes2.webeden.co.uk/ Romanygenes 2]
  
[http://www.rtfhs.org.uk/ The Romany and Traveller Family History Society]
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*[http://americanromanichals.webeden.co.uk/ American Romanichals]
  
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/romany_roots/ Kent Romany Roots]
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*[http://www.romanyroad.webeden.co.uk/ Romany Road]
  
[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/history/communities/gypsy-traveller.html Gypsies and Travellers The Eighteenth-Century British Gypsy Community]
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/romany_roots/ Kent Romany Roots]
  
[http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ Welcome To Travellers' Times]
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/voices/living.shtml Travellers in Kent Hop Picking]
  
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/voices/living.shtml Travellers in Kent Hop picking]
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*[http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/gypsy/index.html The Living Album - Hampshire's Gypsy Heritage]
  
[http://romany.rootschat.net/ Passing-through site]
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*[http://www.reocities.com/~patrin/ The Patrin Web Journal - Romani Culture and History]
  
[http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/gypsy/index.html The Living Album - Hampshire's Gypsy Heritage]
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*[http://www.scottishtravellered.net/travellers.html Gypsies and Travellers in Scotland]
  
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*[http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/community/recordoffice/recordoffice_resources/record_office_gypsy_and_travellers.htm Leicester Gypsy & Traveller index]
  
http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html
 
  
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