Barsetshire
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Barsetshire is a fictional county created by Anthony Trollope, which is featured in the series of novels known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". The county town and cathedral town is Barchester. Other towns mentioned in the novels include Silverbridge, Hogglestock, and Greshamsbury.
Trollope implies that an administrative division has split the county into East Barsetshire, which includes Barchester, and West Barsetshire.
Barsetshire was also used as the setting for a series of 29 novels by Angela Thirkell, written from 1930 to 1961. Thirkell's stories blend social satire with romance.
See also: Borsetshire.