[1] Areas within Arnold include Daybrook, Woodthorpe, Redhill, Warren Hill, Killisick and Dorket Head.

James Russell explains the toponymy of Arnold's name thus: "Heron-hald", meaning the corner of the forest where Herons (large birds) live.

The Anglo-Saxon migrant-invaders, when they arrived along the River Trent from the Humber Estuary c. 500 A.D., might have seen these eagles—which measure 66–94 cm (26–37 in) in length with a 1.78–2.45 m (5.8–8.0 ft) wingspan—flying northwest in the evenings and named this roosting location 'Erne-Halh' or 'Erne-Haugh', meaning 'eagle's nook' or 'eagle's corner'.

[citation needed] Arnold is surrounded by a circular ridge from the north-west around to the south-east and raised ground to the west.

[citation needed] Founded in 1875 by John Robinson, the Home Brewery[a] was famous for its trademark Robin Hood logo on beermats.

[10] The name of the brewery referred to the Robinson family's Bestwood Home Farm, located on Oxclose Lane.

[14] Scottish & Newcastle gradually ran down production by subcontracting its brewing to Mansfield Brewery,[10] resulting in the eventual closure of the Daybrook building in 1996.

The entire site, including its 180-space car park, covers 1.89 acres (0.76 hectares) and is located at the junction between the A60 (Mansfield Road) and Sir John Robinson Way.

[17][b] The three-storey,[c] Grade II listed building's[20] architect was Thomas Cecil Howitt[17] and the illuminated 'Home of the Best Ales' sign on the tower was altered to replace the word 'Ales' with the 'n' logo of the county council.

An unusual frieze by sculptor Charles Doman along the front wall depicts groups of putti involved in the brewing of beer.

John Hawksley (1765-1815), a mill owner, lived there with his partner Sarah Thompson, who was the mother of his six children, four of whom survived.

I give and devise all my property of whatever nature or form the same may be to Mrs Beech and Sarah Thompson whom I appoint joint Executrixes of this my will for the benefit of my children John, Thomas, Francis, Maria, Frances, issue that are and any that may thereafter be born also of the body of Sarah Thompson (who assumes my name from the affection I bear her)".

John Hawksley and his business partner, the former hosier Robert Davison, had been operating a worsted mill they had built in 1788 on the north bank of the River Leen in Nottingham.

On 5 February 1810 in Nottingham, John Hawksley laid the foundations of another mill, whose engine had a power of 20 horsepower (15,000 W), and he relocated with his family to Sneinton that year.

He died on 27 January 1815 in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire and he appears on the family plaque in St Nicholas Church on Maid Marian Way, Nottingham.

[33] In the early 1830s, Thomas Hawksley used a filtration system and other improvements to the water supply to greatly reduce the death rate from cholera in Nottingham.

The son was a Unitarian who converted to Roman Catholicism and later rose to acclaim as a political radical in New South Wales, Australia.

After fighting in Spain with the British Auxiliary Legion in the Carlist Wars, Edward John Hawksley was encouraged to emigrate to New South Wales.

He edited and published The Sydney Chronicle (1846-7) and the short-lived Daily News with Charles St Julian before working with Francis Cunninghame as editor of The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator.

[citation needed] In Peggy's Park (next to Edwards Lane Community Centre), decorative markings commemorate the existence of the line by showing the place where it ran.

[20][40] The Grade II* listed[20][41] Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd's current building on Thackerays Lane[38][39] was built in 1964, its modern architecture – featuring a detached spire-cum-belfry[42] – winning an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1966.

Designed by Nottingham-based architect William Herbert Higginbottom, Cross Street Baptist Church was opened in 1909, replacing a previous building – dating from 1825 – on the same site.

[64][65] It was a private market[66] managed by Janet Surgey (whose deputy was Nigel Wilford)[64][65] until July 2018, when Gedling Borough Council purchased it from Thurland Estates Ltd.[67] Arnold Leisure Centre, located on High Street at the heart of the town centre, contains a swimming pool and a theatre—called the Bonington Theatre—which was named after the landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonington.

[73] The practice's first doctor was Dr Daniel Stenhouse, who in 1886 became a general practitioner in Arnold and practised until 1897 from Ebenezer House, which was the old farmhouse at the bottom of Worrall Avenue.

Before Drs Graham, Jacobs and Lobb formed a partnership due to the expansion of the practice in the 1950s, there had been a succession of independent GPs.

In April 1991 the practice moved into its current building on Furlong Street, on the site of what was called 'The Flying Horse Yard'.