As to the traditional parishes of the island, determining the local forerunner church and present local body, it lies in the parish of Saint George, which contains the capital and about half of the island's population.

The town hosts a 18,000-seat cricket and football stadium at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex.

During the mid-nineteenth century, following the fall-out of the abolition of slavery in St Vincent and the reduction in value and investment in estates, the British parliament passed a series of Acts – the West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts – to provide clear title to estates and to enable their comprehensive re-planning if the new owners, whether local or abroad, so desired without fear of hindrance from objections from either side of the Atlantic, such as adjoining owners or those with interests in historic trusts.

F. R. Braithwaite of St Kitts for £10,050, a sum that Reginald Cust, commissioner and historian of the legislation, noted was much higher than expected.

[2] The Estate, including Arnos Vale Great House was then bought in 1893 from Rev.