Washington Road and Mount Vernon, the hill above it:

No one seems to know why these two names were chosen but someone evidently wanted to honour George Washington and his home. Captain Wakefield was present as a midshipman at the capture and burning of Washington in the American War of 1812 so perhaps he was sorry. But the name strikes a slightly odd note in the welter of loyal British names being given to the Nelson streets at that time. Perhaps just a little touch of liberalism that was said to be common among the settlers, like naming the streets of Murchison after the Parliamentary leaders of the English Civil War.