Q.Why is Ely Place in Holborn not policed by the met ?
A.Whilst not enforced, Ely Place is not policed by the Met because it's not officially part of London: it's regarded as part of the Cambridgeshire diocese.
A.The Mitre Tavern, which nestles in Ely Place, a tiny passageway in Holborn, is officially in Cambridgeshire. It was built for the Bishops of Ely in 1546.
Q.In the olden days. Part of holborn was controlled by cambridgeshire, what is the name of the road
A.Ely Place in Holborn remained part of the county of Cambridgeshire until the 1930s. St. Etheldreda's Church was the London chapel of the Bishop of Ely.
Q.In richard iii, by shakespeare, there is a reference to strawberries, what is the exact quote?
A.The quote from Shakespeare's Richard III is "My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there." (iv. 31).