Sissinghurst's history is similar to that of nearby Cranbrook. Iron Age working tools have been found[citation needed] and the village was for centuries a meeting and resting place for people travelling towards the south coast.[citation needed]
Sissinghurst's garden was created in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West,[3] poet and gardening writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, author and diplomat. Sackville-West was a writer on the fringes of the Bloomsbury group who found her greatest popularity in the weekly columns she contributed as gardening correspondent of The Observer, which incidentally – for she never touted it – made her own garden famous. The garden itself is designed as a series of "rooms", each with a different character of colour and/or theme, divided by high clipped hedges and pink brick walls.
Trinity Church
Trinity Church
Sissinghurst's religious activities are served by the Church of England. The church is titled 'Trinity Church' and was built in 1838. It is currently managed by Rev. Pete Deaves who is also Rector of Frittenden.[4]
People
People of note who have lived in Sissinghurst include:
Sir Richard Baker (c. 1568–1645) a politician, historian and religious writer
