Menstrie is a town in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is just one of a string of communities that, due to their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly described as the Hillfoots Villages or just The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie when processed wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody set up a carding as well as rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and also power, absent from their very own town. In the early 19th century a straight road was built on the level ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and enhance the transport of products to and also from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road rest on the old path along the foot of capitals. The new road, currently the A91, ended up being an emphasis for construction of churches, houses, mills and stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank and also Forthvale mills were in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population was about 500 however had actually enhanced to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a business, that included the proprietors of neighborhood mills and a distillery, financed a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own guest station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost absolutely nothing of the station continues to be and the railway branch line, which remained to lug products after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had actually opened up in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the east of the town, next to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has actually advanced this site for more than 250 years though production of whisky quit around 1930. Yeast, initially a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had progressively end up being the primary product and opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, in your area available, is still useful. A comprehensive bound stockroom area stays for storage space of whisky as it develops in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation items stemmed from yeast. The whisky and also yeast businesses are now operated by different firms, specifically Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The latter conducts product growth along with making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no more stands however the Elmbank Mill, having actually been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, now houses small businesses. A furnishings manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in regarding 1968. A road close by currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to families whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and fabric industries have declined, Menstrie has ended up being a commuter dormitory, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and also 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.
