[3] The locality of New Arley known as Hill Top is higher still at 166 m (545 ft), the highest point of the parish.

The nearest railway station is at Atherstone which is 4.8 miles (7.7 km) north east of the village.

In its entry there the village, which is named as Arei, has four households, 2 men's plough teams, Woodland of 1.5 by 1 leagues.

[5] Samuel Lewis described the village in 1848:[6] ARLEY (St. Wilfrid), a parish, in the union of Nuneaton...hundred of Knightlow, Warwickshire, 8 miles (N. N. W.) from Coventry; containing 265 inhabitants.

The soil is variable, some parts good, and some stiff clay; the surface is undulated, and the scenery picturesque.

£20 yearly out of lands producing upwards of £200 per annum, left by William Avery, and a donation of the interest of £600 in the new three-and-a-half per cents, by John and Francis Holmes, go towards the support of a free school.

Kelly's also lists a total of twenty farms, one water mill and one public house, the Wagon Load of Lime.