The Village of Haywood

Haywood or Highwood as locally known, is a small village near Wilsontown whose church opened in 1877, but 50 years later the church had fallen into disrepair and the congregration of Haywood joined with Wilsontown church.
Haywood wanderers formed in 1884 was at one time a leading football team and were never beaten at home in 11 years
Most of the houses in haywood were built from bricks made at the nearby Auchengray brickworks now closed. It also supported a railway station at one time.