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.
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
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...
Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.
Famous vampire created by Stoker as the eponymous hero (?) of his 1897 novel.
Fictional spy created by Ian Fleming, who first appeared in the novel 'Casino Royale', but see Fleming's page for an alternative origin for Bond. Eleven further novels and two short story collectio...