Menstrie
Menstrie is a village in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and also is among a string of towns 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 once processed wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business people from Tullibody established a carding and also spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water as well as power, absent from their very 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 enhance the transport of goods to and from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road push the old path along the foot of the hills. The new roadway, now the A91, came to be an emphasis for building of churches, residences, mills as well as stores. 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 was about 500 however had increased to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the proprietors of regional mills and a distillery, financed a branch train line through Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa and also Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically absolutely nothing of the station continues to be as well as the train branch line, which remained to lug products after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse during 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 eastern of the town, next to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has actually advanced this website for greater than 250 years though production of whisky quit around 1930. Yeast, at first a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had progressively become the main product as well as went with manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, locally available, is still beneficial. A comprehensive bonded warehouse location remains for storage of whisky as it grows in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually paved the way to fermentation items derived from yeast. The whisky and also yeast services are now operated by different business, namely Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The latter conducts item development in addition to making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no more stands however the Elmbank Mill, having actually been used for some years as offices by the Water Board, currently houses local business. A furniture manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn however was ruined by fire in about 1968. A street nearby currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to households whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile industries have actually decreased, Menstrie has become a commuter dorm room, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.
