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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.
The Circus, from the Illustrated London News
| 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 |
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