Plaque

Police at Scotland Yard

Police at Scotland Yard 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.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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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