All Saints churchyard is the final resting place of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

His first grave was in Sussex where, in spiritualist tradition, he was buried standing up. His later reburial alongside his wife is more conventional, but due to his interest in spiritualism, the grave was placed at the far edge of the cemetery. He spent much of his later life at a family retreat in nearby Bignell Wood, and Minstead features prominently in his historical novel 'The White Company'.

Grace Mulligan

June 29, 2023

Here lies the grave of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the British writer who created the legendary Sherlock Holmes character in 1887.

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