Shefford
Shefford is a community as well as civil church located in the Central Bedfordshire district 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. In between 1868 as well as 1974 Shefford was the site of St Francis' Boy's Home (orphanage) that was positioned over Street next to 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 actually been turned into apartments. The orphanage structures are the most enforcing in the town as well as date from the 1880s. Lots of documents pertaining to the residence can be found at the Bedfordshire as well as Luton Archives as well as Records Service at District Hall in Bedford. There are Home Office and also Department for Education Inspection Reports readily available that cover the period from 1962 to 1969. During The Second World War a whole Jewish youngsters's area entered into being in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted in and around the town as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".