List of time and places in cases of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes has participated in 60 cases in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's canon. This is a list of time and places when and where those cases happened. Over half of the cases took place in London.

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	September 1887	London
1892	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	A Scandal in Bohemia	March 1888	London
1892	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	The Adventure of 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	Silver Blaze	1888	Dartmoor, Devon
1894	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes	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	1888	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	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
3	Hampshire	3
3	East Sussex	3
5	Devon	2
5	West Sussex	2
5	Norfolk	2
5	Berkshire	2
5	uncertain place	2
10	Herefordshire	1
10	West Midlands	1
10	Kent	1
10	Cambridgeshire	1
10	Cornwall	1
10	Essex	1
10	South Yorkshire	1
10	Bedfordshire	1
10	Switzerland	1