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...
Written by Noel Coward this play, first performed in Manchester in 1941, moved in 1942 to The Duchess Theatre where it was performed 1997 times, a record at the time. It was filmed by David Lean i...
Hercule Poirot, the all-knowing Belgian detective appeared in Agatha Christie's first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
Fictional aunt of the equally fictitious Phileas Fogg who is the central character in the novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Jules Verne.
Titular character in the novel by Daniel Defoe published in 1719. See also Friday.
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