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Arnold is a market town, and suburb of the city of Nottingham, in the English ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire. It is situated to the northeast of Nottingham's city boundary, and is in the local government district of Gedling Borough. Since 1968 Arnold has had a market, and the town used to have numerous factories associated with the hosiery industry. Arnold's town centre is the largest in Gedling Borough (whose headquarters are located in the town) and the most important in the northeastern part of the Greater Nottingham conurbation. At the time of the 2011 UK census, Arnold had a population of 37,768. Arnold was an ancient parish, a civil parish from sometime in the 19th century, and an urban district from 1894 until 1974. Areas within Arnold include Daybrook, Woodthorpe, Redhill and Killisick. Arnold was a registration sub-district in Basford Registration District existed from 1837 till 1930 and contained a number of other towns and villages as well as Arnold itself. A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Arnold from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
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