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Menstrie - FK11
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Menstrie
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 is one of a string of communities that, as a result of their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or simply The Hillfoots. The owners of Menstrie as soon as processed wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody set up a carding and rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water as well as power, lacking from their own town. In the very early 19th century a straight road was improved the level ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as improve the transportation of items to as well as from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road push the old route along the foot of capitals. The brand-new roadway, currently the A91, ended up being an emphasis for building of churches, homes, mills as well as 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 had to do with 500 but had actually raised to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the owners of local mills and a distillery, funded a branch railway line through Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically nothing of the station remains and the train branch line, which continued to lug freight after the Beeching Axe, fell under disuse during the mid-1980s in favour of road transport. The Glenochil Distillery had actually opened up in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the town, close to the Dams Burn. Production has actually continued this site for more than 250 years though production of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, originally a by-product of whisky fermentation, had slowly end up being the primary item and opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, locally available, is still beneficial. A considerable bonded storage facility area continues to be for storage space of whisky as it matures in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation items derived from yeast. The whisky as well as yeast services are currently run by separate business, particularly Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The last performs product advancement in addition to manufacturing 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, currently houses small companies. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in about 1968. A road close by now births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to households whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile markets have actually declined, Menstrie has actually become a traveler dormitory, spreading over the adjacent 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.
