http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Ardmillan Tce en Tue, 19 May 2026 08:45:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16736#post-227343 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:43:38 +0000 Frenchy 227343@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Found it on Google Street View: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9375153,-3.2264714,3a,16.1y,140.94h,120.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIY8PzVq_l9_hGHCGtpw9lw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en">Link</a></p> <p>Looks like it actually says "18 Jubilee 87", so the inscription is celebrating Queen Victoria's 50th Jubilee. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16736#post-227342 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:42:25 +0000 gembo 227342@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like I made up the Road bit?</p> <p>Anyway is known as Jubillee Corner and has Jubilee 1887 carved in the stone</p> <p>Maybe Jubilee Crn 1887?</p> <p>La vielle ogresse avec les dents jaune as James Joyce described old Vicky. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16736#post-227341 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:26:52 +0000 Frenchy 227341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Appears as Ardmillan Terrace on an 1876 map, when there's only a few houses there. Link: <a href="http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&amp;lat=55.9383&amp;lon=-3.2262&amp;layers=72&amp;b=3" rel="nofollow">http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&amp;lat=55.9383&amp;lon=-3.2262&amp;layers=72&amp;b=3</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16736#post-227338 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:22:26 +0000 Iratesheep 227338@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>both my Ward and Lock guidebook and Bartholomew map (~1946) have it down as Ardmillan Terrace. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16736#post-227337 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:16:01 +0000 wingpig 227337@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe that was the sweeping company.</p> <p><center><code>JUBILEE, ROAD &amp; FECKWORTH<br /> CHIMBLEYSWEEPERS AND ASSOC. TRADES<br /> Est. 1636</code></center></p> <p>Sort of thing </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16736#post-227336 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:05:59 +0000 gembo 227336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone know if this street used to be called Jubilee Road? Spotted from top of 44 bus 18 Jubilee Road carved into the stone on the corner building near where the sweeps used to be. </p>