Scotland Yard. Scotland Yard was founded along with the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel, with the help of Francois-Eugene VidocIt opened for business as administrative headquarters of the Service on 29 September 1829, housing the two commissioners and their administrative staffs in a complex of about 50 rooms. It was not (and has never been) a police station in the usual sense, with each division of the police instead operating their own local stations
Home / Questions / A popular explanation of the name of what iconic street is that it was the former site of the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Scotland, prior to the Union of England and Scotland?