Manti Messenger | 1939-05-19 | Page 6 | 'Path of Kings' Changed to Undignified 'Rotten Row'

Path of Rings Rings' Changed to Undignified Rotten Row v I Americans in London often wonder wonder wonder won won- der why the most fashionable riding path in Hyde park is called Rotten Row It was originally called by bythe bythe bythe the French name Route du Roi meaning path of the kings but English pronunciation gradually changed it to its present undignified meaning London's London s famous police headquarters Scotland Yard is not nota a yard at all It took its name from a short street in the metropolis where Scottish kings used to havo have their London residence and where headquarters were established later for the bobbies