Shefford
Shefford is a town as well as civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire area of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 4,928, and was approximated to have expanded to 5,770 by 2007. The population at the 2011 Census had actually risen to 5,881. Between 1868 and also 1974 Shefford was the site 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 continues to be being used as a church. The orphanage structures, which are seen on the right of the picture, have been become apartments. The orphanage buildings are the most enforcing in the community and also date from the 1880s. Lots of files concerning the house can be discovered at the Bedfordshire as well as Luton Archives as well as Records Service at Borough Hall in Bedford. There are Office and Department for Education Inspection Reports offered that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. During The Second World War an entire Jewish children's neighborhood entered being in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted in and around the town as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".
