Site of Scotland Yard, first headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, 1829 - 1890.
Greater London Council
SW1, Whitehall Place, 4
We understand the Public Carriage Office was at this address and it was the back entrance, in Great Scotland Yard, which was used for police business.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Police at Scotland Yard
Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on ...
The first headquarters of the Metropolitan Police were named after the entran...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Police at Scotland Yard
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
The foundation stones are listed here left to right. They were laid in October 1889 and the building opened in April the following year....
We found a few things about Holland, even a photo, but we cannot explain the 'ES' which we have not seen before after a 'Town Clerk' on p...
We photographed this plaque in Sept 2003, but on returning to photograph the building in March 2008, the plaque had gone. 2021: we retur...
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
This is a very unusual memorial to be found on the outside of a church - lovely art nouveauish design, a vanquished dragon, and rich blue...
An information board has been installed near the stink pipe. This explains stink pipes and also gives some information about the River Ef...
Pantomime clown appearing at Sadler's Wells, Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres. The traditional clowns' make-up, being called Joey and many of the gags and tricks date back to Grimaldi. Born i...
Written by Kenneth Grahame, much of it based on a series of letters to he wrote to his son. First published October 1908.
School in Hayes, in the Borough of Hillingdon at which George Orwell taught from 1932 - 1933. He is top right in the photograph.
As WW2 wore on, there was an increasing need for metal to make bombs, planes and tanks. To this end, the gates and railings around parks and open spaces were reclaimed as part of the war effort. Li...
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