PINXTON, a parish in the hundred of SCARSDALE,
county of DERBY, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Alfreton,
containing 681 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, m
the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of Lichfleltt
and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £6. 0. 10.,
and in the patronage of D. Ewes Coke, Esq. The
church is dedicated to St. Helena. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Erewash canal
passes through the parish, and a railway leads hence
to Mansfield.