– Declaration Enactment as to Chapels of Ease),[1] and was named for the principal residence of the area, Woodside House.

Within this parish, which was bounded to the north by the River Don there were three villages, Woodside, Tanfield and Cotton (also known as Nether Cottown).

By 1868 it had become a police burgh[3] and the community was being described as a village in its own right (distinct from the quoad sacra parish of which it was the largest part), and a suburb of Aberdeen.

It had its own separate post office, a railway station, paper works, a free library, a public school and a number of churches of various denominations.

It is run by Grace Baptist Church Aberdeen and takes children from the ages of 4 to 11.

Choirs, drama groups, dances, musical nights and concerts were held there.

Youth clubs, the Boy's Brigade, Girl Guides and indoor bowling were held there.

It was built to encourage people to move from Aberdeen city centre, enabling them to travel to work.

The suburban service ended in 1937 with the closure of all its stations, though the now derelict platform can still be seen by trains passing by on the line, which remains open (the first stop after Aberdeen is now Dyce on the city's northern periphery).