The alley was 8 feet wide with grass extending an additional 6 feet on either side. Dense yew hegde 12 feet high enclosed the alley. There were only 3 possible entry points to it, including from the house.
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Yew Alley
The only first names of the Baskerville clan mentioned in the book are: Charles, Henry, Hugo, Rodger, John, and Elizabeth. Sir Henry being the resident of Baskerville Hall during the story.
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Holmes sent a telegram to the nearest telegraph office in Grimpen with explicit instructions that the other telegram to Barrymore is to be 'delivered into his own hand', which would have determined if Barrymore was at Baskerville Hall, but the postmaster did not follow the instructions.
Dr.Watson stayed with Sir Henry in the Baskerville Hall.
Sir Charles was in the habit of taking a nightly walk in the enclosed Yew Alley connected to Baskerville Hall with a short gate opening onto the moor. There were indications that Sir Charles waited by this gate for some little time then he appears to have walked on his toes away from the Hall to where his body was found. We find out much later in the story thanks to a partially unburned note that he was waiting for L. L. who turns out to be Laura Lyons from Coombe Tracey.
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Yew Alley
The only first names of the Baskerville clan mentioned in the book are: Charles, Henry, Hugo, Rodger, John, and Elizabeth. Sir Henry being the resident of Baskerville Hall during the story.
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Holmes sent a telegram to the nearest telegraph office in Grimpen with explicit instructions that the other telegram to Barrymore is to be 'delivered into his own hand', which would have determined if Barrymore was at Baskerville Hall, but the postmaster did not follow the instructions.
When Sherlock Holmes was in the dining room at Baskerville Hall, he noticed that Stapleton looked very similar to Hugo Baskerville's portrait. He also researched his past and came to know that he had changed his name and that he was actually a Baskerville.
Merripit House, not too far from Baskerville Hall.
Stapleton was his fictional name made up so the Baskerville family would not know who he was. He was the son of Rodger Baskerville who was one of the brothers of Sir Charles Baskerville, which makes him a Baskerville too.
Because Holmes solve the three thread easily
Sir Henry Baskerville is Sir Charles Baskerville's nephew.