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
Little Nell and Granddad
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".
1 memorial
Billy Bunter
Character in a series of stories set in Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys weekly story magazine 'The Magnet'.
1 memorial
Count Dracula
Famous vampire created by Stoker as the eponymous hero (?) of his 1897 novel.
2 memorials
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Arthur Deakin
E1, Hunton Street, Arthur Deakin House
We have found no particular connection between Deakin and this area.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Mothers' Union - right
SW1, Tufton Street, Mary Sumner House
The plaques are either side of the entrance in Tufton Street. A large decorative panel on the Great Peter Street corner reads: The Mary S...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
The Blackheath Society
Group that works with local councils, residents, other amenity groups, traders, the police, the Boundary Commission, English Heritage, the Blackheath Joint Working Party and everyone else who can i...
2 memorials
Maiden Lane Bridge
N1, Regent's Canal
York Way, which runs from King's Cross up to Camden Road, used to be called Maiden (corruption of midden, meaning dung heap) Lane. From ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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