Shefford
Shefford is a community and also civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire area of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a populace of 4,928, as well as was approximated to have 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 situated on High Street alongside the Roman Catholic Church committed to St Francis of Assisi. The church continues to be being used as a place of worship. The orphanage buildings, which are seen on the right of the picture, have actually been become apartments. The orphanage buildings are one of the most enforcing in the town as well as day from the 1880s. Several data concerning the house can be located at the Bedfordshire as well as Luton Archives as well as Records Solution at District Hall in Bedford. There are Office as well as Department for Education Inspection Reports offered that cover the duration from 1962 to 1969. Throughout World War II an entire Jewish youngsters's area came into remaining in Shefford as evacuees from Europe were billeted around the town as part of "Operation Pied Piper Tomorrow".