The station in The Dancing Men where Holmes and Watson, arriving from London, find out from the station master that Hilton Cubitt has been shot dead and his wife’s life “is despaired of”.
Tag: Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk featured in two Sherlock Holmes stories.
The first was Holmes’ first recorded case: The Gloria Scott set in 1874. The second was The Dancing Men set in 1898. Sir Arthur knew parts of Norfolk very well visiting the county on holiday but also to play cricket and golf. Indeed, it was on a holiday for recuperation after his return from the Boer War that he visited Cromer with his friend Fletcher Robinson and gained the idea for The Hound of The Baskervilles
The Society has visited Norfolk twice – in 1984 and 2017 and further details of the sites can be found in “A Singular Countryside – The Society’s Expedition to Norfolk”.
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WALCOTT HOUSE
A possible candidate for Ridling Thorpe Manor the ancestral home of Hilton Cubitt in The Dancing Men.
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BACTON GRANGE
A possible candidate for Ridling Thorpe Manor the ancestral home of Hilton Cubitt in The Dancing Men.
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EBRIDGE MILL
Possibly the location of “Elridge” where Abe Slaney stays to be close to Elsie at Ridling Thorpe Manor in The Dancing Men
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HONING HALL
The ancestral home of the Cubitt family and therefore a possible candidate for Ridling Thorpe Manor the ancestral home of Hilton Cubitt in The Dancing Men
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HAPPISBURGH HILL HOUSE HOTEL, HAPPISBURGH
Stayed in by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle in May 1903, where he drafted the Sherlock Holmes story “The Dancing Men” and was given the idea for the pictogram code.
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ROYAL GOLF CLUB CROMER
Arthur Conan Doyle and Bertram Fletcher Robinson played golf here in 1901. Another claimant for where the idea of the Hound of the Baskervilles was first discussed.
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THE ROYAL LINKS HOTEL, CROMER
Stayed in by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle in 1897 and with Bertram Fletcher Robinson in March 1901. Another claimant for where the idea of the Hound of the Baskervilles was first discussed.
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CROMER HALL
Visited by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1901. Reputed to be a source of inspiration for The Hound of the Baskervilles.