Salisbury

Countess of Salisbury in her own right. On 28 April 1220 she and her husband, William Longespée, laid the foundation stones of Salisbury Cathedral. After William died she was High Sheriff of Wiltshire for two years, and later became abbess of Lacock Abbey, which she had founded in 1229.

The Treaty of Salisbury, agreed in 1289, said she would be sent to Scotland before 1 November 1290, and that any agreement about her marriage would wait until she was there.

An actress, born at Netherhampton House in Salisbury. She married at Salisbury Cathedral in 1939.

A photographer, broadcaster, geologist, traveller and pilot, and Ireland's first female flight instructor. She took thousands of photos of southern Ireland from the air. She was born in Salisbury.

A violinist and conductor. She was born in Salisbury.

A professional golfer, born in Salisbury. She was the youngest player to join the Ladies European Tour as an amateur.

In 2010 the Blue Peter presenter climbed the cathedral's spire to help change its lights.

In 2016 her sculpture The Kiss, of a pair of hands, was placed over a path in the cathedral grounds.

In 1993, Salisbury Cathedral hosted the first broadcast of BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong to be sung by a girls' cathedral choir.