Arnold is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

, England in an area known as

Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wit ...

. It is situated approximately north of

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city centre and east of

Beverley Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ...

town centre. It lies to the west of the

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which by-passes it. Arnold Manor, Arnold

Together with the village of

Long Riston Long Riston is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately north of Hull city centre and east of Beverley town centre. It lies to the east of the A165 road which by-passes ...

it forms the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Riston Riston is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of Hull city centre and covering an area of . The civil parish is formed by the village of Long Riston and the hamlet of Arnold. Accordi ...

. The name ‘Arnold’ derives from the

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''earn'' and ''halh'', and meant ‘eagles’ nook of land.’

References

* Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness {{EastRiding-geo-stub