Dave,
The first HQ of the London Metro Police was in a building
near Buck House that was designated as the
home-away-from-home for visitng Scottish royalty called
Scotland Yard.
Sometime in the late 19th Century it moved to what Orson
Welles called a "grim, stone structure on the Thames," which
was called "New Scotland Yard," to differentiate it from the
original HQ.
In the late '60's it moved to a rather nondescript glass and
steel skyscraper. Technically, the new quarters should have
been called "Newer Scotland Yard," but the name "New Scotland
Yard" was retained.
I believe the old "New Scotland Yard" is still the repository
for the Black Museum, now known officially as the "Crime
Museum," though it's not really a museum in the sense that
it's open to the public.
JIM DOHERTY
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