The settlement consists of two circles of houses around a Protestant church, on a single main road with an obsolete village hall.

The village also has a fire brigade unit with two trucks Rijkswaterstaat maintains a winter depot here, with reserve stocks for dyke repairs.

In 1198, when Dirk VII, Count of Holland made a donation to Middelburg Abbey, the lords of Schengen, brothers Arnold and Henry, were attested as Arnoldus et Henricus de Scinge.

[3] They both seem to have founded a church named after themselves: Ecclesia Arnoldi and Ecclesiam Henrici, now the villages of 's-Heer Arendskerke and 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen.

This village was first mentioned around 1280 as Ecclesia Arnoldi, and means "(private) church of Arnold (person)".

[10] In 2009, the Renaissance Revival castle Arendsslot was built and is used for weddings, meetings and parties.