Just curious! Playing detective as it were! LOL
2007-01-24 02:33:42 · 4 answers · asked by left_on_the_shelf 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
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 diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Scotland, prior to the Union of England and Scotland.
2007-01-24 22:36:14 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scotland yard is called Scotland Yard as it is situated in the area where Scottish people used to arrive and congregate when they came from Scotland to London back in the day.... It was known as Scotland yard long before the Metropolitan police even exisited..the police headquarters were then named after this well known area that Scottish people arrived in back in the day....its New Scotland yard as they have obviously put up a new headquarters since..stagecoaches bound for Scotland from London also used to depart from this area in the 16 and 1700s.
2016-05-24 04:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because that was the original geographical location of the HQ of the metropolitan police.
2007-01-26 01:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is ...your the detective good hunting
2007-01-26 17:29:34 · answer #4 · answered by bobonumpty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋