Fairfield Moravian Settlement

 
A group of members went  to the Moravian Settlement in Droylsden 

Manchester on the 22nd. of September. 

The Fairfield settlement was opened in 1785 

and it was planned and built by its own people.  The village was self-contained

and self-governed, with its inn, shop, bakery, farm, laundry, 

fire-engine, night-watchman, inspector of weights and measures, an overseer 

of roads, and even its own physician.  There were community houses for sisters and

brethren, who applied themselves to the varied work of the settlement.  Many of these 

buildings survive as well as the church, school and college. 

 

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