The River Amber forms part of the parish boundary between Sawmills and Bullbridge.
The River Amber at Sawmills (SK3652)
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Magna Britannia: volume 5: Derbyshire
Daniel and Samuel Lysons
Published 1817
The Amber, rising near Northedge, passes by Henmore to Ford, where it receives a stream from Ashover; near Toadhole it receives a stream which rises in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, in Nottinghamshire, and passes not far from South-Normanton and Alfreton. The Amber then pursues its course near South-Winfield and Pentrich, and falls into the Derwent near Crich-chase.
The History of the county of Derby
Drawn up from actual observation
and
from the best authorities
containing a variety of
GEOLOGICAL, MINERALOGICAL. COMMERCIAL
AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION
ILLUSTRTED BY A MAP OF THE COUNTY, AND NUMEROUS
COPPERPLATE AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY THE FIRST ARTISTS
The materials collected by the publisher
STEPHEN GLOVER
EDITED BY
THOMAS NOBLE Esq
volume 1
Derby
Printed for the publisher
BY HENRY MOZLEY AND SON
1829
The smaller rivers most deserving notice are those which fall into the Derwent.—Of these, the Amber is one of the most important. This stream has two considerable branches; the head branch takes its rise in the coal-shale near Ashover, and then flows through a series of denudations or exposed strata highly interesting to the geologist: these are the first limestone and its accompanying toadstone, and a long interrupted bed of limestone shale; it then intersects the whole series of gritstone, and passes through vast tracks of limestone and coal-shale until it enters the Derwent at Toad-moor bridge, upon a bed of limestone, over which the deposits of its waters form a curious bed of thin limestone and gritstone pebbles. The Nottinghamshire branch of this river, acts as a superior drainage across the great coal-field upon the eastern boundaries of this county and Nottinghamshire; and, it has been justly observed, that there is scarcely a rivulet in the kingdom, from the course of which more practical geological information may be derived.
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