Views of Nottingham

The Arnold Eagle, Nottingham

This brick mosaic of an eagle is at the junction of Arnold’s High Street, Front Street and Nottingham Road and it can only be truly appreciated from above

The first written reference to Arnold is in the Domesday Book where it was called Ernhale.

Ernhale was translated to mean “place of eagles” and the eagle has become the town’s symbol.

In actual fact the terrain is unlikely to have ever been suitable for eagles and one theory is that the name derives from hern (or heron) and hale meaning corner i.e. the corner of the forest where herons were abundant