Baker Street

English

221B Baker Street, London - Sherlock Holmes Museum. Judging by No. 241 next door, this number may be fictitious

The Orsett Windmill is actually at Baker Street, not Orsett

Etymology

In London, named after William Baker, a builder.

Proper noun

Baker Street

1. A street in the City of Westminster, London; the fictional home of Sherlock Holmes was at number 221B.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.

2. (rail transport) An important Underground interchange in Baker Street (Baker Street tube station) that gave its name to the Bakerloo Line.
3. A settlement west of Orsett, Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6381).
4. A street in Hung Hom, Hong Kong.

Derived terms

• Bakerloo
• Baker Street Irregular