Rossington was a mining village  and is surrounded by countryside and the market towns of Bawtry and Tickhill.

There are remains of both a Roman fort and Roman pottery kilns in the area. The name Rossington translates from the old Anglo-Saxon name of 'Farm on the Moor'. In later times, Rossington housed a small village and both Rossington Hall and Shooters Hill Hall.

The area is actually made up of a number of villages and hamlets, namely "Hesley", "Littleworth", "Old Rossington", "New Rossington", Rossington Bridge and Shooters Hill. The New Village began to be built around the time of the sinking of the Colliery.

It was in the mid-twentieth century that saw the largest expansion of the area. The need for workers in and around the Rossington Main Colliery led to the building of large numbers of housing near to the pit in what was called New Rossington.