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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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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 ...
Ornamental Passions has some more photos and information on these sculptures, and there we learn that this building is the 1870 Guildhall...
Unveiled by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the presence of London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Nelson Mandela himself. Mandela, at 6 foot, ...
Unveiled in the subject's lifetime - see Brockway for others.
Bronze statue unveiled on 19 December 1914. Sculpted by Goulden to Ramsay's design.
There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...
GBE, DLit.Lord Mayor in 1989.
London Borough. Formed under the London Government Act of 1963 from the municipal boroughs of Bexley and Erith, Crayford Urban District and part of Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District.
Built in 1885 Arding and Hobbs department store was the largest south of the River. See Neighbour for a photo of the building. It was destroyed by a fire on 20 December 1909. Newspapers from the ...
Rector of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook in 1884. Born and died London.
Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Auxiliary Fireman Stanley George Du Vergier was born in 1912 an...
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