Menstrie is a town in the area of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It has to do with 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and also is among a string of communities that, as a result of their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or merely The Hillfoots. The owners of Menstrie as soon as refined woollen from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business owners from Tullibody established a carding and rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and also power, lacking from their own town. In the very early 19th century a straight road was built on the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as boost the transportation of products to as well as from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road push the old course along the foot of capitals. The new road, now the A91, ended up being an emphasis for building of churches, residences, mills and also shops. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills were in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population was about 500 however had boosted to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the proprietors of neighborhood mills and also a distillery, financed a branch train line through Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own passenger station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost nothing of the station stays as well as the railway branch line, which continued to lug freight after the Beeching Axe, came under disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transport. The Glenochil Distillery had opened up in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the village, next to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has continued on this site for more than 250 years though production of whisky quit around 1930. Yeast, initially a by-product of whisky fermentation, had gradually end up being the major item as well as went for manufacture of whisky and also bread. Soft water, in your area offered, is still helpful. An extensive bound warehouse area continues to be for storage of whisky as it develops in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually given way to fermentation items originated from yeast. The whisky and also yeast businesses are now operated by different firms, namely Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The last carries out item growth as well as making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having been made use of for some years as offices by the Water Board, now houses small companies. A furnishings factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was ruined by fire in regarding 1968. A street close by currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to family members whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile markets have decreased, Menstrie has actually ended up being a traveler dorm room, spreading over the surrounding farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.