I am a little bit confused as to the identity of the Thimble mill. It is stated by the Victoria History to be “above the point where Thimble Mill Lane crosses the Hockley Brook”. Although it is not clear whether this is only before it was rebuilt “At some time between 1758 and 1833 …. a few hundred yards further downstream” . However it seems to be assumed that it is the same as the Nechells metal rolling mills which are south of where thimble mill lane crosses the Hockley Brook. As can be seen from the attached map (had to cut it back a bit so I could post it, the railway is in the top left corner and thimblemill lane just seen in the top right corner), according to the map , the road in the picture is not in the right position compared to the railway, unless ot courde the position of th eroad changed. Incidently , apparently the railway to the gasworks which must be the one in the picture, was built around 1884. Anyway this is the mill that is claimed to be thimblemill