Fairfield, Kent
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Fairfield is a village and former
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of Snargate, in the Folkestone and Hythe district of
Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 61. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Snargate; part also went to Stone-cum-Ebony. The area lies west of the village of Brookland. It is in the Church of England parish of ''Brookland and Fairfield'' 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, in the Romney Deanery. 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


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Villages in Kent Former civil parishes in Kent Folkestone and Hythe District {{Kent-geo-stub