Although the etymology is not known for sure, according to a 1964 article in The New York Times, the name derives from buildings in the area being used to accommodate the diplomatic representatives of the then Kingdom of Scotland and occasionally Scottish kings when they visited English royalty.
The Cricket Society is a charitable organisation founded in 1945 as the Society of Cricket Statisticians at Great Scotland Yard, London.
Scotland | Great Britain | Great Depression | Alexander the Great | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Kingdom of Great Britain | Scotland Yard | Great Western Railway | Great Yarmouth | Church of Scotland | Peter the Great | Great Lakes | Scotland national football team | Frederick the Great | The Great Gatsby | BBC Scotland | Great Fire of London | George II of Great Britain | Catherine the Great | Great Central Railway | Perth, Scotland | Great Plains | Great Barrier Reef | Scotland national rugby union team | Parliament of Great Britain | Alfred the Great | Great Falls, Montana | Great Eastern Railway | Great Expectations | Peerage of Scotland |