Sissinghurst

Sissinghurst
Sissinghurst is located in Kent
Sissinghurst
Sissinghurst
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTQ795373
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCRANBROOK
Postcode districtTN17
Dialling code01580
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°06′26″N 0°33′48″E / 51.1073°N 0.5634°E / 51.1073; 0.5634

Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Originally called Milkhouse Street (also referred to as Mylkehouse), Sissinghurst changed its name[1] in the 1850s, possibly to avoid association with the smuggling and cockfighting activities of the Hawkhurst Gang.[2] It is in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst.

The nearest railway station is at Staplehurst.

  1. ^ Martin, W Stanley (1896). A Glimpse at Cranbrook - The Town of the Weald. Cranbrook: E. J. Holmes. p. 78.[1]
  2. ^ Paul and Mina Tully: Sissinghurst Exposed... a New Slant on an Old Village