01 Mar
Building work | Damp Proofing
Shefford - SG17
Enquiry from: Michelle W
Start Date: Immediate
Living room, hallway and stairs
Shefford
Shefford is a town and civil church located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a populace of 4,928, and also was estimated to have expanded 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 situated on High Street next to the Roman Catholic Church committed to St Francis of Assisi. The church remains in operation as a place of worship. The orphanage buildings, which are seen on the right of the picture, have been become apartments. The orphanage structures are one of the most imposing in the town as well as day from the 1880s. Several documents concerning the residence can be located at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Solution at District Hall in Bedford. There are Home Office as well as Department for Education Inspection Reports available that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. During World War II an entire Jewish kids's area came into remaining in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted in and around the town as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".
