SPRINGSIDE
photo by Jason Myers Phototherapy.
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Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition 1855-1882. Sheets - Ayrshire XVII.11 (top) and XVII.15 (bottom).
These maps are the best to show where the miners rows were in Springside.
The Six Rows are split by the map sections. The map also shows the location of property that came under Bankhead.
When the General Post Office were implementing postal districts in the 1930s, the three hamlets of Bankhead, Corsehill and Springside were joined as the village of Springside.
OLD SPRINGSIDE
The old Springside school and schoolmaster's house. The schoolmaster's house has since been renovated as a private residence.
Corsehill Row in the 1950s. The row was just beyond Corsehill Square.
from Springside's Auld Lang Syne, compiled by the Springside History Group.
The Croft Inn can be seen at the end of the road. These cottages are noted on census returns as Bankhead, near the Croft.
The other end of Bankhead, now Kilmarnock Road, with No 2 pit of Springhill Colliery.
The old mission church in Springside. Photo by Roger Griffith.
The Church has been bought over and is in the process of being converted to a house.
The Springhill Miners Institute is now the Springside Community Centre.
The Institute was built by the Finnie family who were coalmasters. Photo by Karon Bell.
Originally The Croft Inn which closed in 1993. It was bought in 1995 and opened as Scotts Corner. In 2020 this building was demolished and a row of shops are on this site now. Photo by Ian Rainey.
Donald Morgan outside the Post Office where he was the sub-post master.
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