Arnold, Nottinghamshire
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Arnold is a suburb of Nottingham
, England
. It is to the north-east of the city boundary, and is in the local government district of Gedling
. It has only had a market since 1968, and had a number of factories associated with the hosiery industry. The town has a population of 35,900 (2000 data).
Today Arnold forms part of Greater Nottingham
lying to the north east of the city and in the local government Borough of Gedling
. Arnold is a mixed area containing both private and council housing.
Areas within Arnold include Daybrook
, Woodthorpe
, Redhill
and Killisick
.
Arnold town centre has a diverse range of restaurants and bars and a choice of shops including big stores such as Sainsbury's and Asda
and small independent businesses.
, which translates as 'the valley
of eagle
s'.
In the book 'A History of Arnold' by Rupert King and James Russell (1913) the derivation given is thus:
Due to the local topography Arnold can never have been a haunt of eagles, because they inhabit areas of rocky outcrops,which have formed cliffs; the nearest such location being Creswell Crags, some 20 miles north-west as the eagle flies.
Although, the fish-eating European White-tailed Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) could have caught fish in the River Trent, which lies a mere 4 miles south-east of Arnold, on the other side of the Mapperley Plains ridge.
These eagles would then have flown north-west in the evenings to roost in the ancient woodland area now known as Arnold.
The Anglo-Saxon migrant-invaders ,when they arrived along the River Trent from the Humber estuary in around 500 A.D.,would certainly have seen these 91 cm.long eagles flying north-west in the evenings and appropriately named this roosting location
'Erne-Halh' or 'Erne-Haugh', meaning 'Eagle's nook' or corner.
Arnold is surrounded by a circular ridge from the north-west around to the south-east,and raised ground to the west.
This bowl-like topography of Arnold is certainly in keeping with the name -Halh or -Haugh.
St. Mary's Church, Arnold
dates from the fourteenth century.
Arnold was a centre of the framework knitting industry in the 19th century. It was the site of the first framebreaking incidents of the Luddite
riots, in March 1811, when 63 frames were smashed. The Luddite riots were a workers' response to decreasing pay, standard of living and conditions of employment
in the industry
as a result of changing fashions decreasing demand for their style of hosiery
.
. There is still evidence of the line in the form of remnants of the embankments on Arnot Hill Park (just behind the B&Q
). The Line was the Great Northern Main Line later known as "the back route", with trains to Gedling
and Netherfield
with the terminus being Nottingham Victoria
. Just after those embankments a later built railway The Nottingham Suburban joined it and ran over Thackerys Lane on a bridge on its way to Woodthorpe Park and beyond
logo on beermats. The brewery remained independent until 1986 when it (along with its 450 owned public houses) was purchased by Scottish & Newcastle
for £123million. Scottish & Newcastle gradually moved production to its Mansfield
brewery site, resulting in the eventual closure of the Daybrook building in 1996. Home Bitter is still brewed under contract at Everards in Leicester
, although many of the public houses that used to serve it now sell Theakston's beers instead. The Home Ales building now houses county council offices. The illuminated 'Home of the Best Ales' sign was altered to include the Nottinghamshire
County Council logo.
In 1950 the Home Brewery Company Ltd gave the land for Arnold's King George's Field, a permanent memorial to King George V
and guaranteed for free public access in perpetuity for recreation. The Charity Commission held an enquiry that closed in December 2005 into restricted public access. Due to this ruling Arnold Town F.C.
have relocated away from the town centre.
Trent Barton
Veolia (Dunn-Line)
Premiere Travel
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, England
England
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. It is to the north-east of the city boundary, and is in the local government district of Gedling
Gedling
Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in Arnold. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area lying to the North and East of the City of Nottingham....
. It has only had a market since 1968, and had a number of factories associated with the hosiery industry. The town has a population of 35,900 (2000 data).
Today Arnold forms part of Greater Nottingham
Greater Nottingham
The Nottingham Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics, consisting of the city of Nottingham and the adjoining urban areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England...
lying to the north east of the city and in the local government Borough of Gedling
Gedling
Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in Arnold. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area lying to the North and East of the City of Nottingham....
. Arnold is a mixed area containing both private and council housing.
Areas within Arnold include Daybrook
Daybrook
Daybrook is a suburb of Arnold, Nottinghamshire. The area is located just outside the city of Nottingham but inside the conurbation of Greater Nottingham. It lies next to the areas of Arnold town centre, Sherwood, Woodthorpe, Redhill and Bestwood....
, Woodthorpe
Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire
Woodthorpe is a suburban area of Arnold, Nottinghamshire. It is part of the Borough of Gedling and lies just next to the city boundary. It is next to the areas of Mapperley, Daybrook, Sherwood and the main Arnold area....
, Redhill
Redhill, Nottinghamshire
Redhill is a small community forming part of the much larger town of Arnold in Nottinghamshire, England. It is about 4 miles north of the city of Nottingham in the borough of Gedling....
and Killisick
Killisick
Kilisick is an area of Arnold, Nottingham.The area is mostly residential, and contains a few shops and a John Lewis depot. It borders with Mapperley, Arnold Town Centre and Woodthorpe.- Education :...
.
Arnold town centre has a diverse range of restaurants and bars and a choice of shops including big stores such as Sainsbury's and Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
and small independent businesses.
History
Arnold was referred to as 'Ernehale' in the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
, which translates as 'the valley
Valley
In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...
of eagle
Eagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
s'.
In the book 'A History of Arnold' by Rupert King and James Russell (1913) the derivation given is thus:
'Heron-hald',meaning the corner of the forest where Herons (large birds) live. Which becomes over the centuries since 500 A.D. by 'lazy' pronunciation, Eron-ald, thence Ern-old and Arn-old.
Due to the local topography Arnold can never have been a haunt of eagles, because they inhabit areas of rocky outcrops,which have formed cliffs; the nearest such location being Creswell Crags, some 20 miles north-west as the eagle flies.
Although, the fish-eating European White-tailed Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) could have caught fish in the River Trent, which lies a mere 4 miles south-east of Arnold, on the other side of the Mapperley Plains ridge.
These eagles would then have flown north-west in the evenings to roost in the ancient woodland area now known as Arnold.
The Anglo-Saxon migrant-invaders ,when they arrived along the River Trent from the Humber estuary in around 500 A.D.,would certainly have seen these 91 cm.long eagles flying north-west in the evenings and appropriately named this roosting location
'Erne-Halh' or 'Erne-Haugh', meaning 'Eagle's nook' or corner.
Arnold is surrounded by a circular ridge from the north-west around to the south-east,and raised ground to the west.
This bowl-like topography of Arnold is certainly in keeping with the name -Halh or -Haugh.
St. Mary's Church, Arnold
St. Mary's Church, Arnold
St. Mary's Church, Arnold is a parish church in the Church of England in Arnold, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest....
dates from the fourteenth century.
Arnold was a centre of the framework knitting industry in the 19th century. It was the site of the first framebreaking incidents of the Luddite
Luddite
The Luddites were a social movement of 19th-century English textile artisans who protested – often by destroying mechanised looms – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their way of life...
riots, in March 1811, when 63 frames were smashed. The Luddite riots were a workers' response to decreasing pay, standard of living and conditions of employment
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
in the industry
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
as a result of changing fashions decreasing demand for their style of hosiery
Hosiery
Hosiery, also referred to as legwear, describes garments worn directly on the feet and legs. The term originated as the collective term for products of which a maker or seller is termed a hosier; and those products are also known generically as hose...
.
Railway
Arnold once had a railway station known as "Daybrook and Arnold". It was closed along with the rest of the line on 4 April 1960. The station was located on Mansfield Road on what is now a retail parkRetail park
In the United Kingdom, a retail park is a grouping of many retail warehouses and superstores with associated car parking. Its North American equivalent is a power centre. Retail parks are found on the fringes of most large towns and cities in highly accessible locations and are aimed at households...
. There is still evidence of the line in the form of remnants of the embankments on Arnot Hill Park (just behind the B&Q
B&Q
B&Q plc is a multinational DIY and home improvement retailer headquartered in Eastleigh, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange....
). The Line was the Great Northern Main Line later known as "the back route", with trains to Gedling
Gedling, Nottinghamshire
Gedling is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, that is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. It is situated four miles north-east of Nottingham city centre in the NG4 postcode...
and Netherfield
Netherfield, Nottinghamshire
Netherfield is a small town three miles east of Nottingham, England. It lies just outside the city boundary in the Borough of Gedling. It is between Colwick and Carlton in the NG4 postcode area, and near the River Trent....
with the terminus being Nottingham Victoria
Nottingham Victoria railway station
Nottingham Victoria railway station was a Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway railway station in Nottingham, England. It was designed by the architect Albert Edward Lambert....
. Just after those embankments a later built railway The Nottingham Suburban joined it and ran over Thackerys Lane on a bridge on its way to Woodthorpe Park and beyond
Home Brewery
The town's most notable landmark is probably the Home Ales building in Daybrook. Founded in 1875, the brewery was famous for its Robin HoodRobin Hood
Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
logo on beermats. The brewery remained independent until 1986 when it (along with its 450 owned public houses) was purchased by Scottish & Newcastle
Scottish & Newcastle
Scottish & Newcastle plc was a "long alcoholic drinks" company with positions in 15 countries, including UK, France and Russia. It was headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. In the last 20 years, S&N expanded significantly from its home base to become an international business with beer...
for £123million. Scottish & Newcastle gradually moved production to its Mansfield
Mansfield
Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....
brewery site, resulting in the eventual closure of the Daybrook building in 1996. Home Bitter is still brewed under contract at Everards in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, although many of the public houses that used to serve it now sell Theakston's beers instead. The Home Ales building now houses county council offices. The illuminated 'Home of the Best Ales' sign was altered to include the Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
County Council logo.
In 1950 the Home Brewery Company Ltd gave the land for Arnold's King George's Field, a permanent memorial to King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
and guaranteed for free public access in perpetuity for recreation. The Charity Commission held an enquiry that closed in December 2005 into restricted public access. Due to this ruling Arnold Town F.C.
Arnold Town F.C.
Arnold Town F.C. is a football club based in Arnold, a suburb of Nottingham, England.It was formed in 1989 following a merger between Arnold F.C. and Arnold Kingswell F.C. It reached the 5th round of the FA Vase in the season 2001-02 and again in 2005-06.The club plays in the Northern Counties East...
have relocated away from the town centre.
Notable people
- Richard Parkes BoningtonRichard Parkes BoningtonRichard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter. One of the most influential British artists of his time, the facility of his style was inspired by the old masters, yet was entirely modern in its application.-Life and work:Richard Parkes Bonington was born in the town of Arnold,...
(1802–1828), painter. - Andrea LoweAndrea LoweAndrea Lowe is an English actress.-Career:She started her theatre career at the Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter....
(born 1 January 1975), actress. - Sir John Robinson (1824–1913), founder of the Home Brewery.
- Samuel Robinson (Brother of Sir John Robinson), founder of Daybrook Laundry.
- Thomas HawksleyThomas HawksleyThomas Hawksley was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with water and gas engineering projects.The son of John Hawksley and Mary Whittle, and born in Arnold, near Nottingham on , Hawksley was largely self-taught from the age of 15 onwards, having at that point...
(1807–1893), civil engineer responsible for major water and sanitary improvements in NottinghamNottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
and other parts of the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - Arthur Henry Knighton-HammondArthur Henry Knighton-HammondArthur Henry Knighton-Hammond was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire as Arthur Henry Hammond. Knighton-Hammond was an English painter best known for landscapes, society portraits and industrial paintings. Knighton-Hammond used a variety of styles but is most famous as a water-colourist...
(1875–1970), painter.
Bus services
Nottingham City Transport- 25: Nottingham - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold.
- 56: Nottingham - Mansfield Road - Plains Estate - Arnold.
- 58: Nottingham - Mansfield Road - Arnold - Killsick.
- N58: Nottingham - Mansfield Road - Arnold - Killisick - Plains Estate.
- 59: Nottingham - Mansfield Road - Arnold - Killsick.
- 70/71: Nottingham - Basford - Bulwell - Rise Park - Arnold.
- 87: Nottingham - Mansfield Road - City Hospital - Redhill - Arnold.
- L9: Nottingham - Mapperley - Sherwood - City Hospital - Arnold - Bestwood Park.
- L11: Arnold - Bulwell - Bilborough - Beeston.
- L53: Clifton - QMC - Arnold.
Trent Barton
- Calverton Connection: Nottingham - Mansfield Road - Arnold - Calverton.
Veolia (Dunn-Line)
- D3: Nottingham - Arnold - Lambley - Southwell - Newark.
Premiere Travel
- 6: City Hospital - Arnold - Lambley - Woodborough - Calverton - Lowdham - Bingham.
- 7.1: Nottingham - Mapperley - Arnold - Calverton
- 73/73A: Arnold - Mapperley - Carlton/Sneinton - Netherfield - Colwick