Mount Vernon, Glasgow
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Mount Vernon is a district of Glasgow, Scotland.
[edit] 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 who purchased the 'Old Extent of Windyedge' renamed it Mount Vernon [1] - it is thought - 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 (Tobacco Lords) purchased the land in 1756 and built a mansion house and called it Mount Vernon House, thereafter he exapnded the property into an estate. The Glasgow to Bothwell railway was laid in the mid 19th Century and the land owner - David Carrick Buchanan feud off parts of the land which resulted in the building of the present Mount Vernon. The area was removed from Lanarkshire in the local government reorganisation of 1975. Mount Vernon is considered an Upper Class suburb to many. House prices regularly exceed £200,000. Famous celebrities that live here include Elaine C Smith, photographer Jordan M and keyboardist for a world famous rock band B.W.M.Lindsay. To the north: Barrachnie. To the south: Kenmuir To the east: Baillieston. To the west: Sandyhills.
[edit] Buildings
- Mount Vernon House was situated on the high ground approximately 125m to the west of Mount Vernon Avenue. It was demolished in the early part of the 20th.century.
[edit] 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)
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