In Anglo-Saxon times, Pinxton was a small agricultural community, thought to have been recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Esnotrewic."

In Norman times, it was under the control of William Peveril, for whom it was held by Drogo fitz Pons.

It is thought that he renamed the manor "Ponceston" and it gradually changed to Penekeston and then to Pinxton.

John King is the inventor of a mining safety device, a detaching hook, which successfully completed trials in 1873 at Pinxton No.1 colliery.

The horse gin, or whim from Pinxton Green Colliery has been re-erected at Nottingham Industrial Museum.

[3] Pinxton signal box, which once controlled access to Bentinck Colliery has been relocated to Barrow Hill Engine Shed.

[4] The church of St Helen dates from medieval times, possibly having been built on the site of a previous small castle.

He has won the EFL Championship Player of the Month on two occasions, in February 2016, and September 2017.