Shefford
Shefford is a town and also civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire area of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 4,928, as well as was approximated to have actually expanded to 5,770 by 2007. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 5,881. Between 1868 and also 1974 Shefford was the site 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 continues to be in operation as a church. The orphanage structures, which are seen on the right of the picture, have been developed into apartments. The orphanage structures are one of the most imposing in the town as well as day from the 1880s. Lots of data relating to the residence can be discovered at the Bedfordshire and also Luton Archives as well as Records Service at District Hall in Bedford. There are Office and also Department for Education Inspection Reports readily available that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. Throughout World War II an entire 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".