 In 1842 a local Act of Parliament established a body of commissioners "for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and improving Ely Place and Ely Mews, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex".While the commissioners have lost most of their powers to local authorities established under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and later legislation, they retain their "watching" duties, with a beadle discharging these duties.To the east is Farringdon Road and to the south is Holborn Circus.