Great Britain in Sherlock Holmes Times

  • The New Leicester Sheep

    The New Leicester Sheep

    Between 1750 and 1830, Robert Bakewell used selective breeding to develop the New Leicester sheep.
  • The Sheep Shearing

    The Sheep Shearing

    Coke of Holkham publicised the new ideas by inviting hundreds of people to his 'sheep shearings' ie agricultural shows.
  • The Battery

    The Battery

    Alessandro Volta invented the battery.
  • Thomas Telford and John Macadam

    Thomas Telford and John Macadam

    Thomas Telford and John Macadam developed better roads, with firm foundations, drainage and a smooth surface.
  • The atom

    The atom

    John Dalton discovered the atom.
  • The Ragged Schools Union

    The Ragged Schools Union

    Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.
  • The Railway

    The Railway

    There was a Railway Mania in the 1840s. £3 billion was spent building the railways between 1845 and 1900.
  • The Machine Gun

    The Machine Gun

    Richard Gatling patented the machine gun.
  • The Dynamite

    The Dynamite

    Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
  • Toby, The Dog

    Toby, The Dog

    Watson goes to Lambeth to find the dog Toby, then he and Holmes followed Toby through the streets of Norwood.
  • The Letter

    The Letter

    Mr Thaddeus Sholto received a letter from India.
  • Sholto`s Die

    Sholto`s Die

    Bartholomew Sholto died with a smile fixed on it and a thorn in his face.
  • The Paper

    The Paper

    Miss Morstan found a paper in his father`s desk.
  • Captain Morstan

    Captain Morstan

    Captain Morstan dissapeared
  • The Chest from The Aurora

    The Chest from The Aurora

    The police take a large Indian chest from the Aurora
  • Holmes`s dressed

    Holmes`s dressed

    Holmes returns, dressed as an old sailor.
  • Holmes and Watson traveled back

    Holmes and Watson traveled back

    Holmes and Watson travel back to Baker Street by cab with Toby.
  • The Baker Street Boys

    The Baker Street Boys

    Mrs Hudson introduces the Baker Street boys with a cross look on her face.
  • The treasure.

    The treasure.

    Jonathan Small hidden the treasure in a place were Holmes never find it
  • The Education Act

    The Education Act

    -The Education Act established a system of secondary schools.