Fairfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Iden
- Brookland
- Snargate
- Appledore
- Ebony
- Brenzett
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Fairfield, a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; near the military canal, 2 ¾ miles SSE of Appledore r. station, and 6 ¼ WNW of New Romney. Post town, Appledore, under Staplehurst.
Acres, 1,203. Real property, £2,939. Pop., 69. Houses, 12.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £57. Paton, the Earl of Guildford. The church is a brick building.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Kent, Fairfield – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Fairfield, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Fairfield – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Romney Marsh census index 1851, piece no. HO107/1634
Author: Folkestone & District Family History Society
England, Kent, Fairfield – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
Romney Marsh surname census index 1891, piece no. RG12/0754 & RG12/0755
Author: Folkestone & District Family History Society
England, Kent, Fairfield – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Fairfield, 1564-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fairfield (Kent)
Parish chest records for Fairfield, 1707-1896
Author: Fairfield (Kent)
Parish registers for Fairfield, 1558-1939
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fairfield (Kent); Kent Archives Office
England, Kent, Fairfield – Land and property ( 2 )
Deeds of Kent, 1780-1854
Deeds of various parishes in Kent, 1722-1889
England, Kent, Fairfield – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Fairfield, 1707-1896
Author: Fairfield (Kent)
England, Kent, Fairfield – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Fairfield, 1707-1896
Author: Fairfield (Kent)
England, Kent, Fairfield – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Fairfield, 1707-1896
Author: Fairfield (Kent)
England, Kent, Fairfield – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Brookland and Fairfield, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish chest records for Fairfield, 1707-1896
Author: Fairfield (Kent)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- Civil Registration District: Romney Marsh
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, 1844-1864 – Lympne, Post-1863 – South Lympne
- Poor Law Union: Romney Marsh
- Hundred: Aloesbridge
- Province: Canterbury