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Fairfield
The church is dedicated to St. Thomas à Becket and the village
of Fairfield no longer exists. A causeway was built in 1913, and
until then the church was more often than not surrounded by water
during the winter and spring. In 1912 the fabric was in a very poor
state and a complete rebuilding within the timber framework took
place. However, the inside of the church was, fortunately, left
untouched. It is Georgian, with a three decker pulpit, box pews
and texts boards. The pews are still painted white with black linings.
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This is a large church built between 1360 and 1370. During the thirteenth
century there was a Priory on the site, which might account for
the church being so big. The church has three parallel aisles, running
the full length of the building, a total of 133 ft. The Chinese
Chippendale screens are reputed to have come from Old Romney. The
tall tower and fifteenth century chancel stalls are unusual for
a village church. Some of the old glass survives in the western
window of the north aisle and the eastern window of the south aisle.
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Lydd
Lydd is a small town on the Denge Marsh, which became a corporate
member of the Cinque Ports Confederation in 1290. The church is
the largest in Kent and the tower is 132 ft. high and was built
in the fifteenth century. The original church was a Saxon basilica,
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The blocked window and the arches are the oldest parts of
the building, and are indeed the oldest remaining church building on the
Marsh. No Norman building work remains. The church was rebuilt and enlarged
from the thirteenth century onwards. The east end was destroyed by bombs
in 1940, but has been well restored. There are sixteenth and seventeenth
century brasses.
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