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From the address, originally at Great Scotland Yard off Whitehall, then at New Scotland Yard on the Embankment, and (currently) at New Scotland Yard in Westminster.

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Scotland Yard

  1. The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.
    • 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
      I, for my part, drew up as full a précis of the case as I deemed advisable, and as time permitted, which I despatched by one of the company’s police to Scotland Yard.
  2. (by extension) The police in London.

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