Fairfield, Kent
Fairfield | |
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![]() St Thomas a Becket church | |
![]() ![]() Fairfield Location within Kent | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Romney Marsh |
Postcode district | TN29 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Fairfield is a village that is part of the Church of England parish of Brookland and Fairfield[1] on Walland Marsh (part of Romney Marsh) in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent, England. Until 1934 it was a civil parish, but was then absorbed into the civil parish of Snargate.[2] 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,[3] in the Romney Deanery.[4]
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 2021 BBC serial
- a 1972 film adaptation of The Canterbury Tales
References[]
- ^ "Brookland and Fairfield". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Fairfield AP/CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. 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.
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- St Thomas à Becket at Fairfield
- Fairfield, Kent War Memorials Transcription Project
Categories:
- Villages in Kent
- Former civil parishes in Kent
- Folkestone and Hythe District
- Kent geography stubs