 1775 map.The name infers church ownership, possibly through a feudal grant of land by a local baron in pre-reformation times.Part of the reason for the development of Springside was to cater for travellers on the roads, with the Croft Inn being built by the Bankhead family from Northern Ireland in the 17th century to cater for the stagecoach routes from Kilmarnock to Irvine and Stewarton to Troon.