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 * Paulina Andreu (Spanish circus performer)
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= Whitchurch, Herefordshire = Whitchurch is a village in Herefordshire situated on the A40, connecting nearby Ross-on-Wye to Welsh town Monmouth. It is located within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Whitchurch parish encompasses the areas of Symonds Yat (West), Lewstone and the Great Doward. These areas are served by the Whitchurch and Ganarew Group Parish Council.

History
King Arthur's Cave, located in the Doward area of Whitchurch parish, is a site of archaeological interest, with the discovery of an Upper Palaeolithic human burial and the remains of mammoth, woolly rhino, giant deer, and cave hyena.

Evidence of a Roman settlement, including a tessallated pavement thought to be the remains of a Roman villa, was found in a meadow to the side of the road to Monmouth.

Whitchurch is named after the church of Saint Dubricius which was originally white in colour. St Dubricius parish church dates from the 13th century, with Victorian restoration and additions. As the churchyard directly backs onto the river Wye, St Dubricius Church has experienced several instances of flooding, with particularly serious damage occurring in episodes of flooding in 1947 and 2020.

Until the 9th century, when it was taken over by Mercia, Whitchurch was within the Welsh kingdom of Ergyng. After the Norman conquest, the area became known as Archenfield and was governed as part of the Welsh Marches. It became part of Herefordshire, and England, in the 16th century, although the use of Welsh in the area remained strong until the 19th century. The Welsh name for the village, Llandywynnog, means "church of Tywynnog", derived from a personal name Gwynnog.

Within the parish in Symonds Yat (West) is the Old Court (now the Old Court Hotel), which was built in the 16th century and is a Grade II* listed building. The Old Court was the ancestral home of the Gwillim family including Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim. Thomas Gwillim built the Gwillim family burial enclosure at St Dubricius church in 1744. John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1791–1796) and founder of Toronto, named Whitchurch Township in Ontario after the birthplace of his wife, Elizabeth Gwillim.

British tourists taking part in the Wye Tour, an excursion route popularised in the late 18th century by William Gilpin, would have travelled through Whitchurch parish along the Wye.

Amenities
Whitchurch parish has several inns, pubs, cafes, a local shop, and a nearby caravan and camping site. Across the A40 from Whitchurch village, in Symonds Yat (West), are Wye Valley Visitor Centre, Butterfly Zoo, Jubilee Maze, and leisure park.

Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall hosts events and activities for the locality.

The village school, Whitchurch Church of England Primary School, has been awarded Unicef UK’s Rights Respecting Schools Award at Silver: Rights Aware and is a Keep Britain Tidy Eco-Schools Ambassador.

Life and career

 * born in Barcelona in 1921
 * Her father was famous clown Carlie Rivel and her mother, Carmen Busto, was also the daughter of a clown.
 * She began performing with her father at aged 7
 * During her childhood, Paulina travelled with her family to live in Berlin. She grew up speaking French, English and Spanish.
 * performed in the Cirkus Schumann (met Albert there), Cirkus Schumann performed at the Circus Building, Copenhagen from 1916–1969
 * In 1946, Paulina married Albert Schumann in Oscarskyrkan, Stockholm ((but this article says 1945 ))
 * Cirkus Schumann closed in 1969


 * After the closing of the Cirkus Schumann, Paulina and Albert moved back to Spain and separated ((might need to find better source?))


 * retired in 1982
 * She lived in Cubelles
 * Her son, Benny Schumann also performed in acts with Circus Schumann and has remained a circus clown based in Denmark.
 * She died on the 9th of October 2020 in Sant Pere de Ribes

Awards
Paulina was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (2007) and the National Circus Award (2008).