Scotland yard

[cassie_lakes]

I didn't really know where to put this but:

why is (New) Scotland yard called that? I mean it has nothing to do with Scotland right?

[Octavius]

New Scotland Yard, often referred to simply as Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself).

The name derives from the headquarters' original location on Great Scotland Yard, a street off Whitehall. The exact origins of this name are unknown, though a popular explanation is that it was the former site of the residence of the Scottish kings (when staying in England) or their ambassadors, prior to the union of England and Scotland. The street had become the site of a number of government buildings by the 17th century, with the architects Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren living there.

[sddsddean]

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