How did Scotland Yard get its name?
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Can't be bothered to type it all out..just look here.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandquerie.
The origin of the name Scotland Yard is not certain. One theory mentions that the land was once owned by a Mr. Adam Scot, while another suggests that the land had been set aside as a London residence for the Kings of Scotland, which was never built. Early in the 17th century, noted architects Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren lived in a house on the site, as did poet John Milton.
It was a street, well more of an alley really and so when they came to build the first Scotland Yard the alley disappeared and it inherited the name
I think becuase its a company slang name like Jargon the company use for a name for something like a hospital has a specified name so I am guessing the name has came from something thats jargon related.
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