| Mount Vernon | |
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 Mount Vernon's local shops on Grantlea Terrace. | |
  Mount Vernon Location withinGlasgow | |
| OS grid reference | NS658628 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G32 9/0 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
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| 55°50′35″N4°08′31″W / 55.843°N 4.142°W /55.843; -4.142 | |
Mount Vernon is a residential area in the east end of the city ofGlasgow, Scotland. It directly bordersSandyhills andFoxley to the west, whileBarlanark is the closest neighbourhood to the north,Barrachnie andBaillieston to the east andCarmyle to the south, although Mount Vernon is separated from these by areas of open land, including Early Braes public park[1] and the formerKenmuir farm.[2]
The area was originally part of theParish of Old Monkland, and also of the Barony and Regality of Glasgow. From at least theMiddle 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,[3] in honour ofAdmiral Edward Vernon of the Royal Navy who was famous at that time for his expedition against theSpanish Main. AnotherGlasgow merchant, George Buchanan, whose family had extensive interests intobacco trade purchased the land in 1758 and built an extension to the existing house re-modelling it as a country mansion.[4]
The Mount Vernon of the early 21st century is generally affluent and suburban in character; administratively, the area forms part of theShettleston ward ofGlasgow City Council.[5]
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To the south of Mount Vernon is Greenoakhill Quarry, one of Europe's largest urbanlandfill sites, operated by Paterson Quarries Limited.[6] The landfill has been operational since 1955 and receives an assortment of high level waste from all over Scotland.[7][8] The site covers 230 acres (93 ha) and is licensed to take up to 500,000tonnes of waste per year.[9][10]Landfill gas from the site is collected to fuelgas turbines generating electricity which is fed back into theNational Grid.[11]
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.[12]
Mount Vernon railway station is on the Glasgow–Whifflet Line.[13]
TheM74 motorway runs to the south of Mount Vernon, with Junction 3 the nearest with access to the network in both directions.
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