Mount Vernon is a residential area in the east end of the city of

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, Scotland. It directly borders

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to the west, while

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is the closest neighbourhood to the north,

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to the east and

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to the south, although Mount Vernon is separated from these by areas of open land, including Early Braes public park and the former Kenmuir farm.

History

The area was originally part of the

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of Old Monkland, and also of the Barony and Regality of Glasgow. From at least the

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, the rental book of the Diocese of Glasgow records it as Windy Edge or variations thereof – ''AD 1526, Jame Browyn rentalit in vs xd land in the Wyndy Hege''. In 1742 a Glasgow merchant named Robert Boyd purchased the 'Old Extent of Windyedge' and renamed it Mount Vernon, in honour of Admiral Edward Vernon of the Royal Navy who was famous at that time for his expedition against the

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merchant, George Buchanan, whose family had extensive interests in tobacco trade purchased the land in 1758 and built an extension to the existing house re-modelling it as a country mansion.LXXVI. Mount Vernon
John Guthrie Smith and John Oswald Mitchell, 187, The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry] The Mount Vernon of the early 21st century is generally affluent and suburban in character; administratively, the area forms part of the Shettleston (ward), Shettleston ward of

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. Mount Vernon Old Railway, This railway run through Mount Vernon Park and along Carrick Drive, Picture of Map Old Monkland 1950's from National Library of Scotland

Landfill site

Mount Vernon from the air (geograph 5716452)

To the south of Mount Vernon is Greenoakhill Quarry, one of Europe's largest urban

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sites, operated by Paterson Quarries Ltd. The landfill has been operational since 1955 and receives an assortment of high level waste from all over Scotland. The site covers and is licensed to take up to 500,000

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s of waste per year.

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from the site is collected to fuel

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s generating electricity which is fed back into the National Grid. Greenoakhill Forest is an ongoing project to transform parts of the landfill site no longer in use into public parkland. The first phase of the restored site is open, with newly planted trees, paths and benches.

Transport

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is on the Glasgow –

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. Services to Glasgow Central depart at xx19 and xx49; services to depart xx26 and xx56. The

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runs to the south of Mount Vernon, with Junction 3 the nearest with access to the network in both directions.

Buildings

* Mount Vernon House was situated on the high ground approximately to the west of Mount Vernon Avenue. It was demolished in the early part of the 20th century. *Mount Vernon Community Hall is located within Mount Vernon Park. It is operated as a registered charity and has been serving the community since October 1971; the building is owned by

. The day today running of the community hall is run by a group of Mount Vernon Community Volunteers. Regular community events and activities take part at the community hall. The Centre Playgroup is also based there. *Mount Vernon Bowling and Tennis Club, established in the 1890s, is located on Central Grove. London Road, Glasgow (geograph 1815899)

*Kenmuir Mount Vernon Church (merged with

's congregation in the 2010s) is located on London Road ( A74) at the southern end of the neighbourhood.

Notable people

Celebrities living there include

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and

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and Sir

John William McNee Sir John William McNee FRSE DSO (1887-1984) was a 20th century British pathologist and bacteriologist. Life He was born on 17 December 1887 in Mount Vernon in north Lanarkshire (now part of Glasgow the only son of John McNee. The family move ...

were born in Mount Vernon.

Parks

* Mount Vernon Park: has a play park, MUGA pitch football pitches, community Garden, woodland nature trail * Barrachnie Park: has a Skate park, rugby pitches, running track * Early Braes Park: has large grass areas for nature with Tollcross burn running through it.

References

* Rental Book of the Barony of Glasgow. * Cess Tax Books: County of Lanark, 1742/43, South Lanarkshire Council Archives. Ref. (C01/1/6/17) * The Drumpellier Papers – Sasine, 4th. Dec. 1741, North Lanarkshire Council Archives. Ref.U1 38/44/3 (6)

Footnotes

External links

* {{Authority control Areas of Glasgow