Place Dibdin's Booth, Union Street
Charles Dibdin, playwright, composer and writer, set up a circus in a temporary wooden arena at the foot of Union Street in the summer...
Place Limekiln Lane Circus
Handy and Franklin, of Handy's Circus, after raising one thousand guineas through subscription, built a riding school here, which opened...
Place Handy's Circus, Backfields
In 1790, Handy and Franklin moved from the yard of the Angel Inn (by St Mary Redcliffe) to the back fields of the Full Moon in Stokes...
Place Handy and Franklin's Circus at the Angel Inn
Frankin and Handy's circus came to the yard on the Angel Inn on the Borough Walls in 1788 where audiences were promised to be...