The scene of all the novels in the Barchester series, and mentioned in a number of the other works, in particular The Two Heroines of Plumplingion.
While not identical at all points with Salisbury, Trollope says: "I visited Salisbury, and whilst wandering there one mid-summer evening round the purlieus of the cathedral, I conceived the story of The Warden.... I had stood for an. hour on the little bridge at Salisbury, and had made out to my own satisfaction the spot on which Hiram's Hospital should stand" - An Autobiography
