Dueling Topics: The Real Birlstone Manor

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“at the Manor House in consultation with his two colleagues” [VALL]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3FDD3NGmfFdTQ33qAQuOU2OP2vrWRGET4SxZoo95yFJRiCslUb8E6JH-i81vkepCn4G7MlCHbzcsHhZbWVyDFwW-FO3VduzaO_IojRAnNA1C6kewxNBVdOGwMuLFIrq8dHlAmba8zldxnXCVYZEAEzwpvK8XErgyTAOU8NxNbiM3e5dFfUg0NT3jAng/s1200/348%20-%20Birlstone.jpg"> <img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3FDD3NGmfFdTQ33qAQuOU2OP2vrWRGET4SxZoo95yFJRiCslUb8E6JH-i81vkepCn4G7MlCHbzcsHhZbWVyDFwW-FO3VduzaO_IojRAnNA1C6kewxNBVdOGwMuLFIrq8dHlAmba8zldxnXCVYZEAEzwpvK8XErgyTAOU8NxNbiM3e5dFfUg0NT3jAng/w640-h428/348%20-%20Birlstone.jpg" width="640" height="428" border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div> </div> <!--x-tinymce/html--> <div>One of the great bits of fun of scanning the Sherlock Holmes stories is trying to determine the locations for some of the stories. In the case of <em>The Valley of Fear</em>, one of these identifications was made early on by Harold Wilmerding (H.W.) Bell.</div> <div> </div> <div>But his commitment to the Canon would be dashed a decade and a half later by a serendipitous discovery from the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, plus some intrepid footwork by James Montgomery. Just which house was the inspiration for Birlstone Manor? It's just a Trifle.</div> <div> </div> <div><em>If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies.</em></div> <div> </div> <p>Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for <em>Baker Street Journals</em>. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our