Pinxton, Derbyshire
Historical Description
Pinxton, a village and a parish in Derbyshire and Notts, The village stands adjacent to a branch of the Erewash Canal, to the Mansfield branch of the Erewash Valley railway, 3 miles E by S of Alfreton, and 6 from Mansfield. It has stations on the G.N.R., M.S. & L.R., and M.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Alfreton. The parish comprises 1253 acres, of which 99 are in Notts; population, 2390. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. The manor, with Brookbill Hall, belongs to the Coke family. Longwood Hall is another chief residence. Coal is extensively mined. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £200 with residence. The church stands on an eminence; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains memorial windows and tablets to the Cokes. There are Free and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a church mission room built in 1880, in which, on account of the small size of the church, most of the services are held.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Derbyshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Pinxton St. Helena | |
| Hundred | Scarsdale | |
| Poor Law union | Mansfield |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in conjunction with the Derbyshire Record Office, have the Church of England Baptisms (1538-1916), Marriages and Banns (1538-1932), and Burials (1538-1991) online.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Pinxton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pinxton (St. Helena))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Pinxton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Derbyshire papers online: