Fairfield is a village that is part of the
Church of England parish of ''Brookland and Fairfield'' on
Walland Marsh
Walland Marsh is a part of Romney Marsh, mostly in Kent with part in East Sussex. The name means ''wall-land'': its north-eastern border, separating it from the rest of Romney Marsh, is the Rhee Wall.[Romney Marsh
Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. It covers about . The Marsh has been in use for centuries, though its inhabitants commonly suffered from malaria until ...]
) in the
Folkestone and Hythe District of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England. Until 1934 it was a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
, but was then absorbed into the civil parish of
Snargate. The area lies west of the village of
Brookland.
Church of St Thomas a Becket
The area is most notable for the isolated church of St Thomas a Becket, a
Grade I listed building, in the
Romney Deanery
The Romney Deanery is in the Diocese of Canterbury in Kent, England.
Churches within the Deanery:
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! Location
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, St Martin
, Aldington
,
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, St Peter and St Paul
, Appledore
...
.
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
*
a 1972 film adaptation of ''The Canterbury Tales''
References
External links
St Thomas à Becket at FairfieldFairfield Kent War Memorials Transcription Project
Villages in Kent
Former civil parishes in Kent
Folkestone and Hythe District
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