Menstrie is a town in the region of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It has to do with 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is just one of a string of communities that, as a result of their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or merely The Hillfoots. The occupants of Menstrie when processed woollen from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody established a carding and also rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water and also power, lacking from their very 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 and also enhance the transportation of products to and also from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road lie on the old route along the foot of the hills. The new roadway, currently the A91, came to be a focus for building of churches, residences, mills and shops. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank and Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 but had increased to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, that included the proprietors of regional mills as well as a distillery, funded a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and also Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own passenger station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically nothing of the station continues to be as well as the railway branch line, which continued to lug products after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transport. The Glenochil Distillery had actually opened in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the east of the village, beside the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has actually continued this website for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky stopped about 1930. Yeast, at first a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had progressively come to be the primary item and chose manufacture of whisky and also bread. Soft water, in your area available, is still helpful. A considerable bonded storehouse area stays for storage of whisky as it matures in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually paved the way to fermentation products stemmed from yeast. The whisky and also yeast businesses are now operated by separate companies, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The last carries out item advancement as well as manufacturing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands however the Elmbank Mill, having been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, now houses small businesses. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in regarding 1968. A road close by now bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to families whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile sectors have actually 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 approximated as 2872.