Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Arnold

Arnold.-- par. and town, N. Notts, near Sherwood Forest, 5½ miles NE. of Nottingham and 126 miles N. of London by rail -- par., 4670 ac., pop. 5745; town, pop. 5745; P.O., T.O. The town has race and stocking mfrs., and was the birthplace of Richard Bonington (1801-1828), the landscape painter.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Arnold AP/CP       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Arnold

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