Arnold
"Arnold Parish extends from three to nearly six miles north of Nottingham, contains 4,704 inhabitants, and 4,670 acres of land, including 2,280 acres of Sherwood Forest. It was enclosed in 1789, when 700 acres were allotted to the impropriator, which was then sold to Thomas Holdsworth Esq., who is subject to the reparation of the church; and 23a 3r 37p were allotted to the Crown.
Arnold is a large and populous village, half a mile east of Mansfield Road, and four miles north of Nottingham. It is pleasantly seated upon a sand rock, and has several neat mansions. The inhabitants are principally employed in framework knitting. Arnold Grove is a beautiful residence, occupied by William Williams Esq., solicitor."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish opened a four acre cemetery in Red Hill in June, 1879.
- The cemetery was managed by a Burial Board of the parish council.
- The parish was in the Arnold sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2128 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2443 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2676 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The church is believed to have been built in 1176.
- The church chancel and nave were built in 1320 with a tower added in 1450.
- The church nave was restored in 1868 and the chancel in 1877.
- The church has its own website with several pages of information.
| Church/Denomination/Founded |
Register |
Start |
| St Mary's (Anglican) |
Baptisms
Banns
Marriages
Burials
B.T.s |
1544
1754
1546
1544
1605 |
| Church Street (General Baptist) 1822 |
Membership |
1890 |
| Primitive Methodist 1829 |
- |
- |
| Meeting House (General Baptist) 1848 |
- |
- |
| Weekly Communion (Baptist) 1825 |
- |
- |
| Wesleyan Methodist pre-1800 |
- |
- |
| Mormon 1849 |
- The Anglican parish church was in the rural deanery of Nottingham.
- The parish was in the Arnold sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This village and parish lie about 4 miles north of Nottingham and about 10 miles south-east of Mansfield. The parish covers 4,670 acres and includes the hamlets of Daybrook and Red Hill. Felley used to be a chapelry in this parish but became its own Civil Parish and is reported under that name.
The village of Arnold has become part of the conurbation of Nottingham city and sits as a suburb on that city's northeast side. If you are planning a visit to the village:
- Take the A60 trunk road north out of Nottingham. Arnold will be on your right side (east) as you head north.
- There is frequent bus service into the village from Nottingham.
- Rail service to the village ceased in April, 1960.
- Sherwood Forest starts just to the north of Arnold. In 1775, Sherwood Forest surrounded the village.
- In the 1800s many of the inhabitants were frame-work knitters.
- Arnold was one of the first sites of the Luddite uprising in 1811.
- The village feast was held on the first Sunday after the 19th of September.
- The Home Ales Brewery was founded here in 1875 in Daybrook.
- The national grid reference is SK 5945.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
The web page author could not find a list of names from the war memorial plaques.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- This parish was in the northern division of the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake in the northern division of the county.
- In April, 1933, the parish gave up 107 acres to enlarge Nottingham Civil Parish.
- The parish is currently in the local government district of Gedling.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1789.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
| Year |
1801 |
1811 |
1821 |
1831 |
1841 |
1851 |
1861 |
1871 |
1881 |
1891 |
1901 |
| Arnold |
2,768 |
3,042 |
3,572 |
4,054 |
4,509 |
4,704 |
4,642 |
4,634 |
5,745 |
7,769 |
8,757 |
- A Free School was established by Daniel CHADWICK on High Street some time before 1869.
- A National School on Church Street and an Infants' School were built before before 1869.
- A British School for 150 children was opened in February, 1868.
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[Last updated: 17-February-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
