Hamburg is a German city that has been linked to Britain, and specifically London, since a 1266 trading contract. This contract was related to the Hanseatic League, a medieval coalition of commerce and defense in central and northern Europe.

In A Romance of a Shop, South Kensington is mentioned as a more desirable location for their business than the studio on Baker Street. After one of Gertrude and Conny’s searches for a potential location, they came back with an interest in a studio on Baker Street. However, the girls did not return without their criticisms, saying, “‘It certainly is the most likely place we have seen,’ said Gertrude, as she sipped her tea, and blinked at the fire with dazzled, short-sighted eyes.

Charbonnel and Walker’s is a very famous chocolate/candy shop in London.

In the novel Scarborough is a town that Getrude and Phyllis stayed with the Devonshires after their father’s passing. They remain with them while they look for a tenant to set up their photography business in. Scarborough is a seaside town near the North Sea coastline. It originated in the 10th century by the Vikings as a fishing settlement previously having been a Roman Signal station.

Campden Hill is a resedintial area where the narrator of Romance of a Shop wrote the novel, and where the Lorimer sisters’ house was at the beginning of the novel. 

“There stood on Campden Hill a large, dun-coloured house, enclosed by a walled-in garden of several acres in extent.” (Chapter 1).

Referred to as a “palace of art”, Grosvenor Gallery is an area meant to show artists' works that were traditionally not displayed. Occasionally, some popular artists, such as James Tissot, were featured. In the book "Romance of a Shop",  Mr.

Paddington is a Central London railway train station located. It also has the world's first underground station. 

In Romance of a Shop, the girls go to Paddington several times. 

"Yes, do, and take care of yourself, dear old Gerty," said Lucy, as the cab drew up at Paddington station." (chapter 18)

"No one is likely to come in this Egyptian darkness," she said; "it is four o'clock already, and I am going to take you to Paddington." (chapter 18)

St. Columb Minor is a small village on the coast near Porth, which was the site for ship building during the 1800s. St. Columb Minor is also known for its gothic style churches from the 15th century. This is most likely where Frank is from in the novel, since it is located in Cornwall and closer to the coast than St. Columb Major.

York Place was an area in London designed with the intent of providing modern infrastructure to the growing population and came to consist of both high- and middle-class people. In The Romance of a Shop, York Place is the location of Frank Jermyn and Mr. Oakley's engraving studio. 

The Grand Canal at Venice is a location mentioned in The Romance of a Shop. In the book, this location is the subject of one of Sidney Darrell's paintings. It is a waterway in Venice, Italy that provides transportation to the city.