Amber Hill By Darryl De Carteret Pochin This story is about a fictitious village in the midlands of England, it's a small out of the way village laying at the foot of Amber Hill, originally an old mining village, but the mines have long been dormant. The story follows the events of the Thornton family, when its patriarch passes away, new life arrives at the family manor, this has an effect on the village itself and the local community, changing lives for some, more than they had thought.