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Fairfield, Kent

Human settlement in England

Snargate

District

Folkestone and Hythe

Shire county

Kent

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townRomney MarshPostcode districtTN29PoliceKentFire Kent Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament

Folkestone and Hythe

List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°00′18″N 0°47′53″E / 51.005°N 0.798°E / 51.005; 0.798

Fairfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Snargate, in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 61.^[1] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Snargate; part also went to Stone-cum-Ebony.^[2] The area lies west of the village of Brookland. It is in the Church of England parish of Brookland and Fairfield^[3] on Walland Marsh (part of Romney Marsh).

Church of St Thomas à Becket

The area is most notable for the isolated church of St Thomas à Becket, a Grade I listed building,^[4] in the Romney Deanery.^[5]

The church has been used as a filming location, including for:

a 2011 BBC adaption of Great Expectations
a 2012 BBC adaption of Great Expectations
Parade's End, a 2012 BBC serial
the 1972 film adaptation of The Canterbury Tales by Pier Paolo Pasolini

References

^ "Population statistics Fairfield AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Fairfield AP/CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
^ "Brookland and Fairfield". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
^ Historic England. "Church of St Thomas a Becket and Mounting Block Attached (1277450)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
^ "St Thomas a Becket, Fairfield". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 29 December 2011.