Setting

1- Time Setting ->
- A period from when Watson received the telegram until seven months later.
- Flashback touches the time back during 1860s and twenty years after.
- Transportation punishment was prominent.

2- Place Setting ->
- Boscombe Valley, imaginary setting near Ross-on-Wye, between England and Wales.
- Dr. Watson’s house.
Dr. Watson received the telegram from Holmes.
- Paddington station.
Discussion about the case.
- Local Hotel.
Met Alice Turner.
- Ross-on-Wye prison.
Met James McCarthy.
- A room.
Further deduction.
- Boscombe Pool.
Searching for clues.
- A study.
Explanation on clues.
- Holmes's house in Baker Street.
Met John Turner revelation.
- Ballarat, Australia.
Flashback robbery.
- Regent Street, London.
Turner met McCarthy.

3- Social Setting->
-18th century Londoners.
- Former outcast.
- The authority.
- The silent hero of justice.