Living OUR AREA Crosshouse

Crosshouse village has a popultation of 2435 and is less than 1 mile distant from Kilmarnock, originally built for the workers in the many coal mines in the early 19 century, it was part of Kilmaurs Parish until 1882.

Today it is the home to Crosshouse Hospital, a major employer in Ayrshire and built to replace the old Kilmarnock Infirmary, and received it's first in-patient in August 1982. 

Early education was at two schools, Crossshouse school sited at the Cross until demolished in the 1990's  and St. Pauls RC School which was in Knockentiber a village between Kilmaurs and Crosshouse it closed  circa 1946.

Andrew Fisher Prime Minister of Australia for three terms between 1908 and 1915, was born here on 29th August 1862, son of a coalminer. There is a cairn mounted in the village to his memory.

Also there are strong claims that Sir William Wallace was born at  Ellerslie near Crosshouse.