Vinegar Yard

Vinegar Yard was a small street behind the Theatre Royal that permitted access from Drury Lane to the former Bridges (Brydges) Street. The area was known for crime. Lesser-known actors performing in the nearby theatres sometimes lived in the area.

Russell Street

Great Russell Street is a street in Bloomsbury, Central London, and the address of the British Museum. Charles Dickens lived at No. 14 Russell Street and Percy Bysshe Shelley lodged at No.

Floral Street

Originally called Hart Street, Floral Street is a street located near Covent Garden in London. It changed its name in 1895. In the eighteenth century, the street housed a number of pubs and illegal brothels.

Appendix: Family Tree

SPOILER ALERT:  Readers wishing to avoid "spoilers" should not consult this document before reading A Mystery in Scarlet, chapter XXIX (London Miscellany no. 10).

 

This family tree illustrates the relationships between the major historical and fictional characters that appear in A Mystery in Scarlet. It also reveals the dynastic ties that link these characters to other Stuart and Hanover historical figures, informing the usurpation plot.

 

 

 

Bow Street

Bow Street is a street in Westminster, Central London. It was home to the Bow Street Runners, a voluntary police force, established in 1750. From 1740, the Bow Street Magistrate’s Court was located on the street.

Ghent

Ghent is a city in the region of Flanders in northern Belgium. In 1539 it was the site of the Revolt of Ghent against the Holy Roman Emperor. The city was a center of the Belgian textile industry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Sovetsk

Sovetsk is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia on the Baltic coast. The town is located on the south bank of the Neman river.