The Philip Astley Project - On Boxing Day 1804 Philip Astley's circus opened with a special holiday bill featuring the 6' 7" original circus strongman 'the Great Belzoni' with his 'surprising Feats
![Philip Astley - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield Philip Astley - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.779589!/image/PhilipAstley.jpg)
Philip Astley - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield
![Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/01/04/14/philip-astley-flyer.jpg?width=982&height=726&auto=webp&quality=75)
Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent
![Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/01/04/14/philip-astley.jpg?width=982&height=726&auto=webp&quality=75)
Roll up, roll up, for the greatest showman on earth: How Philip Astley created the modern circus | The Independent | The Independent
![An advertisement for a circus performance by Philip Astley, with horses. [A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc., of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine An advertisement for a circus performance by Philip Astley, with horses. [A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc., of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R5CFH1/an-advertisement-for-a-circus-performance-by-philip-astley-with-horses-a-collection-of-broadsides-cuttings-from-newspapers-engravings-etc-of-various-dates-formed-by-miss-s-s-banks-bound-in-nine-volumes-18th-century-source-lr301h3-11-R5CFH1.jpg)
An advertisement for a circus performance by Philip Astley, with horses. [A collection of broadsides, cuttings from newspapers, engravings, etc., of various dates, formed by Miss S. S. Banks. Bound in nine
![Philip Astley - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield Philip Astley - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.465942!/image/Astley.jpg)
Philip Astley - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield
The Philip Astley Project - Patty Astley wife of Philip Astley and first lady of the modern circus paved the way for future Queens of the Circus Ring. She was a star
![Retired british cavalry officer philip astley establishes his riding school with performances in london - Worldkings - World Records Union Retired british cavalry officer philip astley establishes his riding school with performances in london - Worldkings - World Records Union](http://worldkings.org/userfiles/upload/images/modules/news/2018/8/2/0_2006av3367_astleys_royal_amphitheatre_print.jpg)
Retired british cavalry officer philip astley establishes his riding school with performances in london - Worldkings - World Records Union
![Astley's Amphitheatre, An Extensive study of the Victorian Era, Step back into an age of paradox and power; The Victorian age was not one, not single, or simple. Astley's Amphitheatre, An Extensive study of the Victorian Era, Step back into an age of paradox and power; The Victorian age was not one, not single, or simple.](http://www.avictorian.com/victorian/astleys4.jpg)