Coodham, an estate, with a mansion, in Symington parish, Ayrshire, 4 miles SSW of Kilmarnock. Originally a seat of the Fairlies, it was sold in 1871, for £27,880, to Wm. Hy. Houldsworth, Esq. (b. 1834), who owns 585 acres in the shire, valued at £1151 per annum.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)