Fairstead

Fairstead

Fairstead may refer to:

* Fairstead, an area of firm land on which a travelling fair sets up.
* Fairstead, Essex, a village and parish in England. The church is St. Mary the Virgin.
* Fairstead, Norfolk, a housing estate in the suburbs of King's Lynn, England, about 2 miles south-east of the town centre.

Fairstead is a quiet pretty village near Terling in Essex. It is surounded by fields and has a local pretty church.


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