Fairfield (St. Thomas à Becket,)
FAIRFIELD (St. Thomas à Becket,) a parish, in the union of Romney-Marsh, hundred of Aloesbridge, lathe of Shepway, E. division of Kent, 6¾ miles (W. by N.) from New Romney; containing 68 inhabitants. It comprises 1203 acres, of which 45 are marsh. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £57; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.