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The great detective.
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This statue, commissioned by the Sherlock Holmes Society of London was sponsored by Abbey National plc to commemorate its 150th Anniversary in 1999.
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221b Baker Street the address of Sherlock Holmes is at the original headquarters of Abbey National plc.
Sculptor : John Doubleday
NW1, Baker Street Station
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sherlock Holmes statue
Originally named Sheridan Hope, then Sherringford Holmes and finally Sherlock...
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Sherlock Holmes statue
Since 1927 Abbey head office had occupied the site where 221b Baker Street wo...
John V. Doubleday was born on 9 October 1947 in Langford, Maldon, Essex, the ...
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On this site there used to be a sister hotel to Hotel Russell, also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolish...
By 1377 the House of Converts, on this site, was largely unused so the king, Edward III, gave it to the Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery a...
From Westminster's Conservation Audit: This Listed grade II monument was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is in a high Victorian ...
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