Location Woodside is a ruin in first edition OS six inch 1857 between Oldbyres and Hapland
It was reported as tenanted by Templeton and abandoned in the 1830s
There are a number of families of the name belonging to the parish. It is said the Templetons were in Hapland for more than four hundred years. They have been residents in the parish from a very early period. There were also Templetons in Woodside from a very early period. They left about 30 years ago, and the houses are now demolished. The farm of Woodside and Hapland is now joined into Glenside. They have several very old stones - one of them with cross bones, skull etc. and the initials IT.IF.1667 HF. There is another old stone, George Templeton, Hapland 1686; and there is also a Templeton, Woodside. 1710.
from Auchinleck Churchyard in 1866
This is a transcript from the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald from January 27, 1866.
