Fairground/Showmen/Travellers

Fairground

The Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre

The National Fairground Archive Showmen 1851 & Misc includes a list of the 1893/1896 Van Dwellers committee

Showmen and Other Travellers 1861

Showmen & Other Travellers 1871

Showmen 1881: Bedfordshire to Leicestershire

Showmen 1881: Lincolnshire to Yorkshire

Showmen 1881: Scotland and Wales

Circus Travellers 1881

Travelling Musicians, Actors, etc. 1881

Other Travellers (1) 1881

Other Travellers (2) 1881

Other Travellers (3) 1881

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

• An index of some Showmen, Circus and Fairground Travellers 1861-1915 - also some newspaper clippings and photos

• Two centuries of circus People

Travellers

About Friends, Families and Travellers

Friends, Families And Travellers-Historical Background

Index of /collections/gypsy

The Mission of Journey Folki

The Gypsies in Britain

The Scottish Gypsies

The Romany and Traveller Family History Society

Kent Romany Roots

Gypsies and Travellers The Eighteenth-Century British Gypsy Community

Welcome To Travellers' Times

Travellers in Kent Hop picking

Passing-through site

The Living Album - Hampshire's Gypsy Heritage

Work in progress -

http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html

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