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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sherlock Holmes
Commemorated ati
Holmes & Watson - Barts
The incident commemorated takes place in the first Sherlock Holmes story "A S...
Holmes & Watson - Criterion
Here, New Years Day, 1881, at the Criterion Long Bar, Stamford, dresser at Ba...
Holmes & Watson - Criterion - lost
The presence of Sherlock Holmes at this unveiling is rather misleading since ...
Saville Theatre - Holmes
Ornamental Passions thinks this probably represents Tod Slaughter in the role...
Other Subjects
The Three Cripples public house
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
1 memorial
Blithe Spirit
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...
1 memorial
Henry Earlforward's bookshop
Bookshop in Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel "Riceyman Steps" set in Clerkenwell.
1 memorial
The Wind in the Willows
Written by Kenneth Grahame, much of it based on a series of letters to he wrote to his son. First published October 1908.
1 memorial
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Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...
7 memorials
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poet. Born at Field Place, near Horsham in Sussex. Had a habit of eloping with and then marrying 16 or 17 year olds: first Harriet Westbrook. When she, pregnant, drowned herself in the Serpentine P...
6 memorials
Old Cock Tavern - Fleet Street
From PubWiki: "It was originally established in 1549 on the north side of Fleet Street at No. 190. In the 1600s the pub was called the Cock & Bottle. The original pub closed in 1886 and was dem...
1 memorial
Rathbone Street WW2 fire station - Harry Errington
W1, Rathbone Street
The plaques are around the driveway entrance under the building to the left in our photo. However, photos at Fitzrovia News make us think...
War served | WW2
4 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
4 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Boulton & Park
WC1, Wakefield Street, United Reformed Church Trust
These streets become almost impassible during London Fashion week when the Handel Street TA building is used as a venue. 2018, the FT rep...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator