Sherlock Holmes · Location

Eyford Station

  • building
  • Victorian rural

Modest rural railway station with single platform, dim gas lighting, wicket gate, and porter's lantern.

Type
building
Style
Victorian rural
First appears
Book 2 · Ch. 10
Books
1

Eyford Station first appears in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" as a modest rural railway station with a single platform, dim gas lighting, a wicket gate, and a porter's lantern. Across the series, it serves as a recurring setting for Holmes and Watson's investigations, evolving from a simple transit point to a key location in several cases. Its consistent depiction as a quaint, dimly lit station underscores its role as a gateway to rural mysteries.

History

  1. BOOK 2The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Modest rural railway station with single platform, dim gas lighting, wicket gate, and porter's lantern.

Key events

  1. Book 2
    Ch. 11
    The Engineer's ThumbHydraulic engineer Victor Hatherley loses his thumb while escaping counterfeiters who used a hydraulic press to stamp forged coins.

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