Originally named Sheridan Hope, then Sherringford Holmes and finally Sherlock Holmes. Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, the first story was begun in 1886.
The Festival of Britain had an exhibition especially about Holmes which you can still see.
For the final word on Holmes and London look no further than.
2026: Visiting East Dean, Mike Coleman spotted a plaque at the Tiger Inn, commemorating Holmes's retirement there, and we found this .
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sherlock Holmes
The incident commemorated takes place in the first Sherlock Holmes story "A S...
Here, New Years Day, 1881, at the Criterion Long Bar, Stamford, dresser at Ba...
The presence of Sherlock Holmes at this unveiling is rather misleading since ...
Ornamental Passions thinks this probably represents Tod Slaughter in the role...
One of Charles Dickens characters from David Copperfield (1850), based on Dickens' own father.
Two of Charles Dickens characters from The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1). Oscar Wilde's response? "It would require a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of Little Nell".
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
Famous vampire created by Stoker as the eponymous hero (?) of his 1897 novel.
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