How did Londons Scotland Yard get its name?
When a Yahoo! search on Scotland Yard led us to London’s Metropolitan Police service at their New Scotland Yard headquarters, we figured we were only clicks away from your answer. One of the questions on the site read “Why is our headquarters building called Scotland Yard?” Eagerly, we clicked on the link, only to be rewarded with the dreaded “Requested Page Not Found” message. Then the real sleuthing began. We devised a search for Google consisting of three keywords — “scotland yard origin.” The first result looked promising. An article from Compton’s Encyclopedia introduced us to the world-renowned London police force, which was established in 1829 and had its first administrative headquarters at No. 4 Whitehall, a street in Westminste
