Historic Women - Her Salisbury Story

Find out about the historic women of Salisbury, who have made significant contributions to our community and history.

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sign board for Godolphin school Salisbury

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.

Eleanor and Agnes Warre outside the Old Parsonage at Harnham

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' book 'A Spinster at Home' title page

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

One of Sarah's educational books ( front page)

Sarah Windsor Tomlinson

Sarahwas a British author of notable 19th Century books such as ‘First Steps in General Knowledge’

The High Street with kind permission of the Francis Frith Collection

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

Jane Botly

Cutler, Silversmith & jeweller

Susan Harris

Susan lost her life saving a boy who fell into the river Nadder

Elizabeth Godolphin

Founder of Godolphin School Elizabeth was a staunch supporter of girls education

Marina Seabright

Consultant Scientist and Director of the Wessex Regional Cytogenetics unit based in Salisbury,

Olive Pye-Smith photograph courtesy of the Jamieson family

Olive was a talented and prolific local artist who gained a considerable reputation for her paintings of Salisbury and the surrounding areas, as well as being involved in improving the lives of local people.