SHEFFORD, a chapelry (formerly a market-town)
in the parish of CAMPTON, hundred of CLIFTON, county
of BEDFORD, 9 miles (S. E. by S.) from Bedford, containing
618 inhabitants. The chapel, dedicated to St.
Michael, has lately received an addition of two hundred
and two free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the
enlargement of churches and chapels having granted
£250 towards defraying the expense. The market,
which was on Friday, has been discontinued. The river
Ivel has been rendered navigable to Biggleswade, by the
assistance of a canal recently cut. Robert Bloomfield,
the poet, died here in 1823.