Frances Hale
Two of the most striking Victorian buildings in Salisbury were constructed by the business run by Frances Hale
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Salome Pelly
Dr Rosa Salome Pelly was a remarkable woman. Daughter of Bishop Wordsworth she read medicine at Oxford combining her career with being mother of 5 children. As well as reading her story you can listen to her daughter Robina talking about her mother’s life
Jacquiline Creswell
You may not recognise the name but many reading this will have seen the amazing art exhibitions at Salisbury Cathedral. Listen to the story of how Jacquiline made the journey from growing up in apartheid SouthAfrica to Visual Arts Advisor at Salisbury Cathedral
Maria Ridout
Mrs Maria Ridout (née Corp) 1814-188 Mrs Ridout and the Coombe Express by Frank Brooks (1854 – 1937) With kind permission of the Salisbury & South
Cornelia Funke
Often referred to as the ‘German J K Rowling’, in this podcast Cornelia talks about her love affair with Salisbury and the book she set in the city and its surroundings
Olivia Chapple
You may have heard of the charity “Horatio’s Garden” but in this podcast you can listen to Horatio’s mother, Olivia, tell her story
Ela Countess of Salisbury
Ela of Salisbury has been referred to as a ‘towering female figure’ who left an important legacy that lives on even today, over 800 years later.
Mary Sidney Herbert
Mary Herbert Countess of Pembroke, was one of the most influential literary figures of the Renaissance era
Charlotte Anne Elizabeth Moberly
Charlotte Anne Elizabeth Moberly (known as Annie) 1846–1937 Portrait by Samuel Henry William Llewellyn St Hugh’s College University Of Oxford Annie was the daughter
Margaret Duncan
Margaret Duncan was the first Lady superintendent of Salisbury Training School (later Sarum St Michael)
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers is best known for her detective fiction but she was much more than a popular novelist
Sarah Maria Fawcett
By Dr Jane Howells Maria Fawcett (1830-1923) was a member of the Fawcett family prominent in Salisbury. She never married, lived in or near Salisbury