According to Dean in his book on The Plight of the Big Houses there was a house called Mount Vernon from the early 19th century. The streeets in this area take their name from it. Read resolution of the Special Housing Committee of 23rd ultimo re-affirming their decision of 5th January to name the thoroughfares on the Mount Vernon Estate as follows : Mount Vernon Park, Mount Vernon Road, Mount Vernon Avenue, Mount Vernon Gardens and Mount Vernon Drive; and in addition suggesting that another thoroughfare on the Estate be named Mount Vernon Grove. With the exception of the proposal in relation to the naming of the additional thoroughfare, viz., Mount Vernon Grove the Committee authorised the City Surveyor to approve of the suggested street names. (Improvement Committee, 22nd March 1949).