Sharnbrook is the village where the prototype of Uncle Silas, Joseph Betts, the protagonist of H.E. Bates's My Uncle Silas lived. Wildlife Sharnbrook is home to a colony of red kites. Britain's youngest father In 1998, Sharnbrook resident Sean Stewart become the youngest father in Britain at only twelve years of age. He lived next door to the mother of his child, Emma Webster, who was four years older than he. The child was conceived when the pair were only 11 and 15. Webster said Stewart had told her he was her age when they started going out. Some also consider Stewart to be the youngest father ever recorded. Gallery References External links Colworth Park The Sharnbrook Village Website Sharnbrook Upper School Website The Sharnbrook Upper School Alumni Website The Paula Radcliffe Sharnbrook Community Sports Centre Website Sharnbrook Evangelical Church Sharnbrook Women's Football Club Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Villages in Bedfordshire Civil parishes in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford