Shefford
Shefford is a community as well as civil church situated in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a populace of 4,928, as well as was approximated to have actually grown to 5,770 by 2007. The population at the 2011 Census had actually risen to 5,881. Between 1868 and 1974 Shefford was the site of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was positioned above Street beside the Roman Catholic Church committed to St Francis of Assisi. The church stays in operation as a place of worship. The orphanage structures, which are seen on the right of the picture, have actually been turned into apartments. The orphanage structures are the most enforcing in the town and day from the 1880s. Several data pertaining to the home can be discovered at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and also Records Service at District Hall in Bedford. There are Office and also Department for Education Inspection Reports offered that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. Throughout The Second World War an entire Jewish children's neighborhood entered into remaining in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted in and around the community as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".
