# Arkell

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The name '''Arkell''' is derived from the Old Scandinavian ''arn-'' (eagle) and ''ketill'' (kettle or cauldron). It may also be derived from the villages of [High Ercall](/source/High_Ercall) and [Child's Ercall](/source/Child's_Ercall) in Shropshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-01153?rskey=JtqWm5&result=4|title=Arkell|website=Oxford Reference|url-access=subscription|access-date=2025-11-29}}</ref>
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==People==
===Surname===
* [A. J. Arkell](/source/A._J._Arkell) (1898–1980), English archaeologist and colonial administrator
* [Charles Arkell](/source/Charles_Arkell) (1905-1968), Australian Anglican priest
* [Frank Arkell](/source/Frank_Arkell) (1935–1998), Australian politician
* [Henry Arkell](/source/Henry_Arkell) (1898–1982), English cricketer
* [James Arkell](/source/James_Arkell) (1829-1911), American businessman and politician
* [John Arkell](/source/John_Arkell) (1835–1923), English rower and clergyman
* [Keith Arkell](/source/Keith_Arkell) (born 1961), English chess grandmaster
* [Ken Arkell](/source/Ken_Arkell) (born 1930), Canadian former judge and Canadian football player
* [Myles Arkell](/source/Myles_Arkell) (1932–2021), English cricketer
* [Reginald Arkell](/source/Reginald_Arkell) (1882–1959), English writer
* [Simon Arkell](/source/Simon_Arkell) (born 1966), Australian Olympic pole vaulter
* [Thomas Arkell](/source/Thomas_Arkell) (1823–1906), English-Canadian politician
* [Valerie Arkell-Smith](/source/Valerie_Arkell-Smith) (1895–1960), English transgender man better known as Colonel Sir Victor Barker
* [William Joscelyn Arkell](/source/William_Joscelyn_Arkell) (1904–1958), English geologist and paleontologist

===Given name===
* [Arkell Jude-Boyd](/source/Arkell_Jude-Boyd) (born 2003), UK-born association football player
* [Arkell Smith](/source/Arkell_Smith) (born 1999), American gridiron football player

==Other uses==
* [Arkell Cirque](/source/Arkell_Cirque), large cirque on the south face of the central Read Mountains in Antarctica
* [Arkell Museum](/source/Arkell_Museum), American art and historical museum in Canajoharie, New York
* [Arkell Spring Grounds](/source/Arkell_Spring_Grounds), bedrock aquifer along the Eramosa River in Ontario, Canada
* [Arkell's Brewery](/source/Arkell's_Brewery), privately held English brewery in Swindon
* [Arkells](/source/Arkells), Canadian rock band
* ''[Arkell v. Pressdram](/source/Arkell_v._Pressdram)'' a legal case involving ''Private Eye''
* [Arkell, Ontario](/source/Arkell%2C_Ontario), part of Puslinch, Ontario

==See also==
* [Ackrill (surname)](/source/Ackrill_(surname))
* [Argyle (surname)](/source/Argyle_(surname))

==References==
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