Henrietta Lear
A remarkable Victorian lady, Henrietta was a prolific writer of religious lives
Her Salisbury Story
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Salisbury Cathedral Girls’ Choir
2021 celebrates 30 years of the Girls’ Choir. listen to accounts of life in the choir then and now
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
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
Dorothy Lawrence
The only English woman soldier in the Royal Engineers 51st Division 79th Tunnelling Co. She is also remembered as the only woman who fought in the First World War disguised as a man.
Barbara Townsend
Barbara Townsend was a self-taught artist who recorded everyday life in the Close and family excursions further afield.
Geraldine Symons
Geraldine Symons was a well regarded children’s author who drew widely her childhood in the cathedral close to provide backdrops for her novels.