Scotland Yard

Daughter asked me why is it called Scotland Yard.

I told her because that is where the police station was built


What do I know



Anyone else got a more plausable reason for the name Scotland Yard.

I think cos when the first dibble were set up in London, they woz based at Scotland Yard, off Whitehall in London

When they built the new Met Police HQ in Victoria St, they called it "New Scotland Yd"

I think

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Scotland Yard, otherwise known as New Scotland Yard, is the famous home of the London Metropolitan Police. The most famous feature is the revolving sign outside which has appeared in innumerable TV shows and news reports.

In fact this has only been the site of New Scotland Yard since 1967. Prior to this the London police force had two other headquarters. The first was located on the former site of Whitehall Palace near the present day Horse Guards Building and the second was located on Victoria Embankment.

The unusual name comes from the fact that site of the original headquarters was once the part of Whitehall Palace that was reserved as lodgings for Kings of Scotland. Originally there was Great Scotland Yard, Middle Scotland Yard and Little Scotland Yard, but by the middle of the 19th century new housing meant that only Great Scotland Yard remained.

It was Great Scotland Yard that was first chosen as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police in 1829. As Middle and Little Scotland Yards no longer existed, the 'Great' was soon dropped and the police headquarters became known as just Scotland Yard.

Then in 1884 a bomb damaged the headquarters and a new building had to be found. A site on Victoria Embankment was chosen and a new building was built. This was appropriately named the New Scotland Yard.

A severe lack of space meant that in 1967 the police headquarters was again moved, this time to its present location. The name was moved to the new building whilst the former location on Victoria Embankment was renamed as the Norman Shaw Building.


NB: Alison Weir in her excellent book 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII
notes that "The Queen of Scots [Queen Magaret, sister of Henry] had her own London residence at Scotland Yard near Westminster." (p94)

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Dodgy Geezer wrote

I think cos when the first dibble were set up in London, they woz based at Scotland Yard, off Whitehall in London

When they built the new Met Police HQ in Victoria St, they called it "New Scotland Yd"

I think

He may be a dodgy geezer but is also a clever bloke full of wierd trivia!!

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Tom Stoppard, in his play, 'If you're Glad, then I'll be Frank', had a character called Inspector Foot. If I remember the dialogue correctly there is a vignette:

Foot: 'I'm Inspector Foot'.

Frank: 'Not Foot of the Ya...'

Foot, 'Watch It!'.

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That snipet of information must of been lying dormant in my subconscious mind.

Phil Magill wrote

Daughter asked me why is it called Scotland Yard.
Anyone else got a more plausable reason for the name Scotland Yard.

'Cause us lot have got to keep a beady eye on you lot!!!

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In todays "PC" world should the name New Scotland Yard not be changed to....

New, but that does not mean anything that is older is bad or inferior, member of the European community, a country in its own right, Ecosse (Galic for Scotland), 0.9144 metres!

Do u think it will fit on the sign?

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Yes, except I'm very happy to see Scotch Gaelic is officially dying as a language. Hopefully with all that pony about tying up swings on a Sunday as well

We are the Borg, you will be assimilated

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