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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fairfield like this:
FAIRFIELD, a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; near the military canal, 2¾ miles SSE of Appledore r. station, and 6¼ WNW of New Romney. Post town, Appledore, under Staplehurst. Acres, 1, 203. Real property, £2, 939. Pop., 69. Houses, 12. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £57. Patron, the Earl of Guildford. The church is a brick building.
Fairfield is now part of FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE District. Click here for graphs and data of how FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fairfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fairfield, in Folkestone and Hythe and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4477
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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