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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ambergate like this:
AMBERGATE, a station on the Midland railway, near the mouth of the Amber rivulet, 10½ miles N of Derby. Here are a post office under Derby, and extensive lime works. A branch railway, of 11½ miles, goes off hence north-north-westward to Rowley, and traverses one of the most grandly picturesque districts in the empire. See Nottingham and Grantham Railway.
Ambergate is now part of AMBER VALLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how AMBER VALLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ambergate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ambergate, in Amber Valley and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24404
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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