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
References
Villages in Kent
Former civil parishes in Kent
Folkestone and Hythe District
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