Shefford
Shefford is a town as well as civil parish situated in the Central Bedfordshire area of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 4,928, and also was approximated to have expanded to 5,770 by 2007. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 5,881. In between 1868 as well as 1974 Shefford was the site of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was located above Street alongside the Roman Catholic Church committed to St Francis of Assisi. The church continues to be in use as a place of worship. The orphanage structures, which are seen on the right of the picture, have been turned into flats. The orphanage buildings are one of the most enforcing in the community and day from the 1880s. Several documents relating to the residence can be found at the Bedfordshire as well as Luton Archives and Records Service at District Hall in Bedford. There are Home Office and also Department for Education Inspection Reports available that cover the period from 1962 to 1969. During World War II an entire Jewish kids's area came into being in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted around the community as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".
