Great Scotland Yard
Great Scotland Yard is a street in the City of Westminster, London .
location
Great Scotland Yard connects Whitehall and Northumberland Avenues. The approximately 170 m long street is located in the District of St. James in the borough of Westminster.
history
The origin of the name is no longer exactly traceable. However, until the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1707, the embassy of the Kingdom of Scotland was located here . The Scottish kings also used to reside here occasionally when they visited the English kings. In the 17th century, Great Scotland Yard became a site of government buildings and residences for civil servants. The important London architects Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren lived here. The English poet John Milton also lived here for several years during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth of England .
The original headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Service was in the corner house Whitehall - Great Scotland Yard. The main entrance was at Great Scotland Yard. Over time, this fact led to the fact that the name Scotland Yard became a metonym for the police headquarters.
A map from 1799 shows two other streets called Scotland Yard , but they no longer exist with this name. Middle Scotland Yard was to the south, parallel to Whitehall. Lower Scotland Yard was the nearest road south.
The Clarence pub dates back to 1896 and was named after the Duke of Clarence named. The opposite side was connected to the Clarence Pub by an archway, but this was removed again in 1908. The building was then faced with different colored bricks.
In 1953 the Civil Service Club moved into the old fire station. It is a club for current and former civil servants.
Others
- Great Scotland Yard was the filming location for the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . At the corner of Great Scotland Yard and Scotland Place is the visitor entrance to the Ministry of Magic.
- In the 2007 film drama Atonement , this is where the kissing and farewell scene of the leading actors Keira Knightley and James McAvoy was filmed.
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '23 " N , 0 ° 7' 32.2" W.
