Menstrie
Menstrie is a village in the region of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling as well as is just one of a string of towns that, due to their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively described as the Hillfoots Towns or merely The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie once refined woollen from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody established a carding and spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water and also power, absent from their own village. In the early 19th century a straight road was improved the level ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and also enhance the transport of products to and from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road push the old path along the foot of capitals. The new road, now the A91, came to be a focus for construction of churches, homes, mills and also stores. 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 had to do with 500 however had actually boosted to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the owners of neighborhood mills and a distillery, funded a branch train line with 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. Virtually absolutely nothing of the station stays as well as the railway branch line, which continued to bring 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 east of the village, next to the Dams Burn. Production has continued on this website for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, originally a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had gradually come to be the primary product as well as chose manufacture of whisky and also bread. Soft water, locally readily available, is still beneficial. An extensive bonded storehouse area remains for storage space of whisky as it develops in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually paved the way to fermentation products originated from yeast. The whisky and yeast organisations are now operated by separate firms, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The last conducts item 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 offices by the Water Board, currently houses small companies. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was ruined by fire in concerning 1968. A road nearby now bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to families whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and fabric markets have actually declined, Menstrie has become a traveler dormitory, spreading over the adjacent farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 as well as 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and also 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.
