Plaque

Police at Scotland Yard

Inscription

Site of Scotland Yard, first headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, 1829 - 1890.
Greater London Council

Site: Police at Scotland Yard (1 memorial)

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.

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Police at Scotland Yard

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Metropolitan Police

Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on ...

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Scotland Yard

The first headquarters of the Metropolitan Police were named after the entran...

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Police at Scotland Yard

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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