Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes Times

  • patchwork

    patchwork
    Between 1750 and 1830 the Parlimentary Enclosuremovement was said to have the old-field system and create the modern "patchwork" of enclosied fiels
  • the battery

    the battery
    Alessandro Volta invented the battery
  • The Atom

    The Atom
    John Dalton discovered the atom.
  • schools

    schools
    The goverment passed the factory act making two hours of education a day for children
  • the photography

    the photography
    Henry Talbot invented the photography
  • telegraph

    telegraph
    Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.
  • the postage stamp

    the postage stamp
    Rowland Hill invented the postage stamp
  • The Machine Gun

    The Machine Gun
    Richard Gatlin patented The Machine Gun
  • motor car

    motor car
    Karl Benz invented the motor car
  • Miss Mary Morstan

    Miss Mary Morstan
    Miss Mary Morstan met Sherlock Holmes.
  • A Strange Paper

    A Strange Paper
    Holmes, Watson and Mary Morstan went to the Lycerum Theatre.
  • Mr Thaddeus Sholto

    Mr Thaddeus Sholto
    Thaddeus sholto told the story of how his father got the treasure
  • Pondichery lodge

    Pondichery lodge
    Holmes, Watson, Mary Morstan and Thadeus Sholto went to Pondichery Lodge
  • An early arrest

    An early arrest
    Inspector Lestrade arrested Thaddeus Sholto
  • The Aurora

    The Aurora
    Holmes found information about were is Johnathan Small
  • The baker street boys

    The baker street boys
    Holmes told the baker street boys to looked for the aurora in the Thames
  • The old sailor

    The old sailor
    Holmes look at the newspaper and told Watson that Mordecai Smith has disappared in the Aurora.
  • Adventure on the river

    Adventure on the river
    Holmes, Watson, Lestrade and the police went down the river and then Holmes and Watson fired the revolvers and the man with the wooden leg steered the lanch to the river bank.
  • The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four
    Mr Small told the story of how he got the treasure.
  • universities

    universities
    betwen 1900 and 1909 "red - brick" universities were founded in Birmingham , Liverpool , Leeds , Sheffield and Bristol