Henrietta Lear
A remarkable Victorian lady, Henrietta was a prolific writer of religious lives
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Jane Hazel
Mrs Jane Hazel and the Alderbury Ferry (1843-1920) the index photo was taken around 1917 and shows Mrs Hazel in her long dress and cap
CAROLINE LANYON
Find out about Caroline’s professional life as a theatrical costumier and her commitment to campaigning for causes she passionately believes in.
Helen Maurice Bagnall
Miss Helen Bagnall was a teacher at Godolphin School and a suffragist
Saint Edith of Wilton
Edith was a princess and one of the most venerated female saints of England.
Kate Edgar
Brought up in a theatrical family, Kate knew she was destined to work in some aspect of music or theatre and has had a varied, and often glittering career, taking the opportunities that came her way
Eleanor Warre
A talented designer and painter of Church Art, including stained glass windows, whose designs are still found in Churches in Salisbury today
Frances Child
A spinster gentlewoman of modest means had few opportunities in the Victorian era to supplement her income, became a popular author & story teller
Sarah Windsor Tomlinson
Sarahwas a British author of notable 19th Century books such as ‘First Steps in General Knowledge’
Eleanor Bryant
Eleanor Bryant was a businesswoman who took over her late husband’s bricklaying business and ran it for 17 years.
Maria Smith
Maria Smith née Meatyard was a butcher with premises in Salisbury’s Butcher’s Row