Shefford
Shefford is a community and also civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire area of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a populace of 4,928, and was approximated to have grown to 5,770 by 2007. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 5,881. Between 1868 and 1974 Shefford was the site of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was located over Street alongside the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to St Francis of Assisi. The church stays being used as a church. The orphanage structures, which are seen on the right of the picture, have actually been turned into apartments. The orphanage structures are one of the most imposing in the town and also date from the 1880s. Lots of documents regarding the home can be discovered at the Bedfordshire and also Luton Archives and also Records Solution at District Hall in Bedford. There are Home Office and also Department for Education Inspection Reports offered that cover the period from 1962 to 1969. During World War II a whole Jewish kids's area entered into remaining in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted around the community as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".
