Shefford
Shefford is a community and also civil church located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population 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 as well as 1974 Shefford was the site of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was located over Street beside the Roman Catholic Church devoted to St Francis of Assisi. The church stays in operation as a church. The orphanage structures, which are seen on the right of the picture, have been turned into apartments. The orphanage structures are one of the most enforcing in the community as well as date from the 1880s. Many files relating to the house can be located at the Bedfordshire and also Luton Archives and also Records Service at District Hall in Bedford. There are Home Office as well as Department for Education Inspection Reports offered that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. During World War II an entire Jewish youngsters's neighborhood came into remaining in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted in and around the community as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".