I am into my 12th calendar year of the Kent church task, and I can not keep in mind how quite a few moments I have been to Fairfield. But its been a even though due to the fact I was final right here.
We have been getting a buddy out for his initially trip out on to the Marsh, and so this was our initially halt.
Storm Dennis was producing by itself regarded, but minimal rain as yet, so I went to get the key whilst Jools and Will walked to the church.
It is a modest church, and I have photographed it considerably, so not significantly to do currently, just some aspects and delight in the environment.
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The most memorable of church buildings, it stands wholly isolated, with neither a tombstone nor a tree to retain it firm. It was reconstructed in 1912 which detracts considerably from its antiquarian fascination, but this interferes incredibly very little with the visible physical appearance of the inside which is vaguely reminiscent of a farmhouse kitchen area! The partitions are of bare woodwork and the minimal sq. home windows let loads of light to bathe the white painted box pews and matching three-decker pulpit. The low beam which runs in put of a chancel arch adds a lot character to the building. As a full the church possibly dates from the medieval time period, but it would be unachievable to set a day to it in watch of the rebuildings.
www.kentchurches.facts/church.asp?p=Fairfield
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FAIRFIELD
LIES the upcoming parish westward, in the degree of Walland Marsh, and in the jurisdiction of the justices of the county.
The PARISH, far various from what its identify appears to be to imply, is a most forlorn and dreary area, and is seemingly the sink of the entire Marsh. It consists of an open up amount of marsh-land, unsheltered and without a hedge or tre throughout it. It lies pretty minimal, the jap portion in particular, which, for the area of various hundred acres, is overflowed in winter, and will become one particular wonderful sheet of drinking water, and the rest of the year is a swamp, covered with flags and rushes, which is in terrific measure owing to the mismanagement of the sewers, and however the landholders have recently been put to a pretty substantial expence, for the drainage of this stage, they have not nevertheless, nor in all chance ever will, enjoy any form of advantage from it. The church stands on a little increase in this section of it, and is so surrounded by people swamps, that for the best element of the yr it is to be approached only in a boat, or on a horse, passing with terrific threat as a result of them up to the saddle girts. The western aspect, in which is the court-lodge, lies relatively higher, and the land is a lot a lot more fertile and dry.
William Sellyng, a male of terrific standing for his wisdom and understanding, who was elected prior of Christchurch anno 13 Edward IV. and died anno 10 king Henry VII. is claimed by his spouse management, though not with out good expence, to have prevailed on all folks, acquiring lands at Apuldre and Fayrefeld, inside the threat of the sea, to lead toward the protecting of the banking companies and fences to continue to keep it out, for in advance of the burthen lay altogether on the church, and was grow to be an intolerable expence to it.
The MANOR OF FAIRFIELD, penned in antient documents Feyrsfelde, was, collectively with the church, as early as king Henry III.’s reign, for I come across no particular point out of the time when it was given, portion of the possessions of the priory of Christ-church, in Canterbury, during which time, in king Henry the VIIth.’s reign, prior Thomas Goldstone erected a new courtlodge, being a practical mansion, on it, (fn. 1) in which state it ongoing till the dissolution of the priory, in the 31st year of king Henry VIII. (fn. 2) when it came into the king’s palms, exactly where it did not continue to be extensive, for the king settled it by his dotation charter, in his 33d 12 months, on his new-erected dean and chapter of Canterbury, component of whose belongings it continue to remains.
The demesne lands of this manor, remaining of the rack rent of about 1000l. for each annum, have been from time to time demised by the dean and chapter on leases for three lives, the proper hon. Geo. Augustus, earl of Guildford obtaining the current curiosity in the lease vested in him.
A courtroom baron is held annually by the dean and chapter for this manor.
There are no parochial charities. The weak constantly preserved are about 10, casually seven.
THIS PARISH is in just the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.
The church, which is committed to St. Thomas, (Becket) the martyr, is extremely smaller, and crafted of brick. It is composed of one isle and a person chancel, acquiring a minimal pointed picket turret at the west conclusion, in which hangs a single bell. The church appears to be but of really contemporary date. There is only 1 memorial in it, at the west conclusion of the isle, for Mr. John Beale, of Fairfield, obt. 1775. It appears by the several burials in it, talked about in the wills in the Prerogative-business, Canterbury, to have been previously substantially greater, and to have experienced a ring of bells in it.
The church of Fairfield, which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the archdeacon, has often been an appendage to the manor. It was appropriated by archbishop Edmund, in the 23d yr of Henry III. anno 1238, to the almonry of the priory of Christchurch, and on the dissolution of it was granted, with the manor, by king Henry VIII. to the dean and chapter of Canterbury, who are the existing possessors of the appropriation, as perfectly as the patronage of this church.
¶The church is now esteemed as a perpetual curacy, and is of the yearly qualified value of fifty lbs, which sum is, by covenant in the lease from the dean and chapter of the demesne lands of the manor, compensated by the lessee, who has also by it the nomination to the curacy. In 1588 here had been 30-eight communicants.
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