Mount Vernon, Glasgow


Mount Vernon is a residential area in the east end of the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It borders with Sandyhills to the west, Shettleston to the north, and Garrowhill to the east.

History

The area was originally part of the Parish of Old Monkland, and also of the Barony and Regality of Glasgow. From at least the Middle Ages, 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 Spanish Main. Another Glasgow 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.

Landfill site

To the south of Mount Vernon is the location of Greenoakhill Quarry, one of Europe's largest urban landfill 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 tonnes of waste per year. Landfill gas from the site is collected to fuel gas turbines generating electricity which is fed back into the National Grid.

Present day

Generally affluent and suburban in character. Part of the Shettleston ward of Glasgow City Council.
Mount Vernon railway station is on Glasgow – Whifflet line. Services to Glasgow Central depart at xx19 and xx49. Services to Whifflet depart xx26 and xx56.
Celebrities living there include Elaine C. Smith and Cameron McKenna.
John Barrowman and Sir John William McNee were born in Mount Vernon.

Buildings

1. ^ True origin of the name http://baillieston-history.co.uk