List of time and places in cases of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes has participated in 60 cases in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's canon.[1] This is a list of time and places when and where those cases happened. Over half of the cases took place in London.[2][3]
Time and places by cases
| Book published year | Book published name | Cases name | Time of cases |
Places of cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | A Study in Scarlet | March 1881 | London |
| 1890 | The Sign of the Four | The Sign of the Four | January 1888 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "A Scandal in Bohemia" | 20 March 1888 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Red-Headed League" | October 1890 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "A Case of Identity" | 1888 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" | 1889 | Herefordshire (near Ross-on-Wye) |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Five Orange Pips" | September 1887 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Man with the Twisted Lip" | June 1889 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" | December 1889 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" | April 1883 | Leatherhead, Surrey |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" | 1889 | Berkshire (near Reading) |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" | 1887 | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" | 1886 (approx.) | London |
| 1892 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" | 1890 (approx.) | Winchester, Hampshire |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" | 1888 | Dartmoor, Devon |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes/His Last Bow | "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" | August 1888 | London |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" | 1888 | London |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" | June 1889 (approx.) | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" | 1875 | Langmere, Norfolk |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" | 1879 (approx.) | West Sussex |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" | 1887 | Reigate, Surrey |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" | 1889 | Aldershot, Hampshire |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" | October 1881 | London |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" | 1888 (approx.) | London |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" | July 1889 | Woking, Surrey |
| 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | "The Final Problem" | 1891 | Reichenbach Falls, near Meiringen in Switzerland |
| 1902 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | "The Hound of the Baskervilles" | 1889 | Dartmoor, Devon |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Empty House" | 1894 | London |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" | 1894 | London |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" | 1898 | Norfolk (near East Ruston) |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" | 1895 | Farnham, Surrey |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Priory School" | 1901 | South Yorkshire (near Sheffield) |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of Black Peter" | 1895 | Forest Row, East Sussex |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" | 1899 | London |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" | 1900 | London |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Three Students" | 1895 | Camford |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" | November 1894 | Chatham, Kent |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" | 1896 (approx.) | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" | 1897 | London |
| 1905 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Second Stain" | July 1888 | London |
| 1915 | The Valley of Fear | "The Valley of Fear" | January 1888 | Sussex |
| 1917 | His Last Bow | "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" | 1892 or 1894 (approx.) | Esher, Surrey |
| 1917 | His Last Bow | "The Adventure of the Red Circle" | 1902 (approx.) | London |
| 1917 | His Last Bow | "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" | November 1895 | London |
| 1917 | His Last Bow | "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" | November 1890 | London |
| 1917 | His Last Bow | "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" | 1901 (approx.) | London |
| 1917 | His Last Bow | "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" | March 1897 | Cornwall |
| 1917 | His Last Bow | "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" | August 1914 | London |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" | 1903 (approx.) | London |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Problem of Thor Bridge" | 1900 (approx.) | Hampshire (near Winchester) |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" | September 1903 | Camford |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" | November 1896 | West Sussex (near Horsham) |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" | June 1902 | London |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" | September 1902 | London |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Three Gables" | 1903 (approx.) | London |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" | January 1903 | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" | July 1907 | East Sussex |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" | 1898 (approx.) | Frinton-on-Sea, Essex |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" | 1896 | London |
| 1927 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" | 1902 (approx.) | Berkshire |
Counties by times
| Rank | County | Times |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 31 |
| 2 | Surrey | 4 |
| 4 | Hampshire | 3 |
| 5 | East Sussex | 3 |
| 6 | Devon | 2 |
| 7 | West Sussex | 2 |
| 8 | Norfolk | 2 |
| 9 | Berkshire | 2 |
| 10 | uncertain place | 2 |
| 11 | Herefordshire | 1 |
| 12 | West Midlands | 1 |
| 13 | Kent | 1 |
| 14 | Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| 15 | Cornwall | 1 |
| 16 | Essex | 1 |
| 17 | South Yorkshire | 1 |
| 18 | Bedfordshire | 1 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 1 |
References
- "Works by Arthur Conan Doyle Featuring Sherlock Holmes". www.conandoyleinfo.com.
- "The London Of Sherlock Holmes...Mapped". londonist.com.
- "10 places Sherlock Holmes fans should investigate to celebrate the books' 125th anniversary". www.independent.co.uk.
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