Shefford
Shefford is a town as well as civil church situated in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a populace of 4,928, and also was approximated to have actually 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 website of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was located over Street alongside the Roman Catholic Church committed to St Francis of Assisi. The church remains in use as a place of worship. The orphanage buildings, which are seen on the right of the picture, have been developed into flats. The orphanage buildings are one of the most enforcing in the community as well as date from the 1880s. Lots of files pertaining to the residence can be discovered at the Bedfordshire as well as Luton Archives as well as Records Solution at District Hall in Bedford. There are Home Office and Department for Education Inspection Reports available that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. Throughout World War II a whole Jewish children's neighborhood came into being in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted in and around the town as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".