Trevorsilk Wanderer 7 Traditional Cache
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A wander around Arnold
This series of caches can either be done as a 3 ½ mile circular walk or drive around Arnold, in one circuit or ticked off on different visits to the area. There is no gathering of clues to find a bonus cache, it is simply intended to allow you the opportunity to explore an area of Greater Nottingham we have called home for the past 25 years.
We have tried to vary the caches and no two are the same and some will need your geo-senses working to identify them.
If you wish to park up and walk the circuit there are numerous car parks in the area but please be mindful that the town centre car parks are Pay and Display and charge after an initial two hours free parking. Even if you intend to be less than two hours you need to obtain and display a free ticket
Arnold's beginnings link as many other small towns have been lost in ages past, however Arnold's first scratching in the files of history was first known as Ernehale, which means Valley of the Eagles although the topography of the area is totally wrong to allow eagles to soar. The other train of thought is that it was first called 'Heron-hald', meaning the corner of the forest where Herons (large birds) live which becomes over the centuries by 'lazy' pronunciation, Eron-ald, thence Ern-old and Arn-old. Needless to say the ‘Eagle’ as opposed to the heron version is promoted around the town.
Arnold appears in the Doomsday Book (1086) as Ernehale although there is indication of a village in the year 500 AD but no supportive documents and in 1086 there appeared to be a population of 150
Arnold was a centre of the framework knitting industry in the 19th century. It was the site of the first frame breaking incidents of the Luddite riots, in March 1811, when 63 frames were smashed. The Luddite riots were a workers' response to decreasing pay, standard of living and conditions of employment in the industry as a result of changing fashions decreasing demand for their style of hosiery.
Trevorsilk Wanderer 7
One of the more recognisable companies linked with Arnold in the past is The Home Brewery that ceased brewing in 1996. You will be visiting the brewery site later in the wander if you are doing the caches in numerical order.
In 1950 the Home Brewery Company Ltd gave the land for Arnold's King Georges Field, a permanent memorial to King George V and guaranteed for free public access in perpetuity for recreation. It used to be the home to Arnold Town Football Club (nickname The Eagles) from 1989 but the Charity Commisioners held an enquiry that closed in December 2005 into restricted public access and due to this ruling Arnold Town FC have relocated away from the town centre to a site now called Eagle Valley on the A614 Ollerton Road. The cache is attached to one of the last remaining evidence that there was ever a football ground at GZ
This park is closed at night – please visit www.gedling.gov.uk for opening times and there is a kiddies playground nearby GZ so the kids can let off a bit of steam whilst you use your best stealth tactics to recover the cache
Additional Hints
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9 nybat