County where Thomas Hardy lived (6)

I believe the answer is:

dorset

(Other definitions for dorset that I've seen before include "South coast county" , "Coastal county of southern England" , "County of south-west England" , "Sorted out the southern English county" , "A SW county" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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