Shefford
Shefford is a community 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 was estimated 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 website of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was situated over Street alongside the Roman Catholic Church committed to St Francis of Assisi. The church stays in operation as a place of worship. The orphanage buildings, which are seen on the right of the picture, have actually been turned into flats. The orphanage structures are the most imposing in the community and also date from the 1880s. Lots of documents pertaining to the house can be found at the Bedfordshire as well as Luton Archives and also Records Solution at Borough Hall in Bedford. There are Office and Department for Education Inspection Reports readily available that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. Throughout The Second World War a whole Jewish children's community entered being in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted around the town as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".
