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The Arden family is an English gentry family that can be traced back in the male line to Anglo-Saxon landholders who managed to maintain status after the 1066 invasion of England by the Normans of France.
The Ardens mary an heiress of Sir Rowland Hill, publisher of the Geneva Bible
Underbank Hall, an Arden family property of the 1500s in Stockport
1795 engraving of Harden Hall, Bredbury, another Arden family property near Stockport
Arden, Warwickshire
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The Forest of Arden is a former forest and culturally defined area located in the English West Midlands, that in antiquity and into the Early Modern Period included much of Warwickshire, and parts of Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands, and Worcestershire. It is associated with William Shakespeare as a territory of his youth, and the setting of some of his drama.
William Shakespeare was familiar with The Forest of Arden and set drama there, most notably As You Like It.
Marie Davey as Rosalind in As You Like It 2017
John Collier - In the Forest of Arden
Remains of Wayside Cross Marking South Western Corner of The Forest of Arden