The Circus, from the Illustrated London News
Transport
The Circus Comes to Welshpool
One group which certainly would have travelled by road to Welshpool at the time of the 1891 census was a circus which was in town on census day.
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| Salop Road (caravan) | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| William Newman | Head | M | 58 | Circus Proprietor | Hants Portsmouth | English |
| Annie Newman | Wife | M | 51 | Hants Southampton | English | |
| Charlotte Newman | Dau | S | 16 | Actor in circus | Somerset Halldown | English |
| Henrietta Newman | Dau | 10 | Somerset Bath | English | ||
| John Newman | Son | 8 | Hants Portsmouth | English | ||
| Salop Road (caravan) | ||||||
| Elizabeth Jons | Head | S | 29 | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | Hants Southampton | English |
| Sarah Newton | Boarder | S | 21 | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | ?mouth | English |
| Salop Road (caravan) | ||||||
| John Hodges | Head | S | 23 | Showman | Somerset Bristol | English |
| Alfred Mistry | Boarder | S | 22 | Showman | Devon Plymouth | English |
| Edward Smith | Boarder | S | 16 | Showman | Devon Plymouth | English |
| Charles Murray | Boarder | S | 16 | Showman | Somerset Bristol | English |
At the Lion Hotel Yard another group of showmen had pitched its caravan:
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| Lion Hotel Yard (caravan) | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| George Swift | Head | S | 51 | Showman | Yorkshire Huddersfield | English |
| Alfred Mitchell | Serv | S | 30 | Showman | Cheshire Crewe | English |
| Henry Woodcock | Serv | S | 15 | Showman | Cheshire Crewe | English |