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Q&A What are the ethics of using real-world house addresses in historical fiction?

I would use a fictional house number. You don't want to end up with the 221B Baker Street problem — so many people over the years thought Sherlock Holmes was real and tried to reach him that the ge...

posted 10y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:37:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:37:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
I would use a fictional house number. You don't want to end up with the 221B Baker Street problem — so many people over the years thought Sherlock Holmes was real and tried to reach him that the genuine flat is now a Sherlock Holmes museum; nobody can live there. (The BBC had to film their series _Sherlock_ on another street, because the actual Baker Street is covered in Holmes imagery.)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-07-15T10:22:38Z (over 10 years ago)
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