Shefford
Shefford is a community and civil church situated in the Central Bedfordshire area of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 4,928, and also was estimated to have actually expanded to 5,770 by 2007. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 5,881. Between 1868 as well as 1974 Shefford was the site of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was located on High Street beside the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to St Francis of Assisi. The church remains in operation as a church. The orphanage structures, which are seen on the right of the picture, have actually been become flats. The orphanage buildings are the most imposing in the community and also day from the 1880s. Lots of data regarding the residence can be discovered at the Bedfordshire and also Luton Archives as well as Records Service at District Hall in Bedford. There are Home Office as well as Department for Education Inspection Reports offered that cover the period from 1962 to 1969. Throughout The Second World War a whole Jewish children's area came into being in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted in and around the town as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".