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 as well as is one of a string of towns that, because of their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or simply The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie once processed wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody set up a carding as well as rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and power, missing from their very own village. In the early 19th century a straight road was built on the level ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and also improve the transport of products to and also from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road lie on the old route along the foot of capitals. The brand-new road, currently the A91, ended up being a focus for building 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 yet had actually increased to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the owners of regional mills as well as a distillery, funded a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own guest station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost nothing of the station continues to be as well as the train branch line, which remained to carry freight after the Beeching Axe, fell under disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had opened in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the village, close to the Dams Burn. Production has advanced this site for more than 250 years though production of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, initially a by-product of whisky fermentation, had slowly end up being the main product and opted for manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, in your area offered, is still beneficial. A comprehensive adhered warehouse location continues to be for storage space of whisky as it matures in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation products derived from yeast. The whisky and also yeast organisations are currently operated by separate business, namely Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The last conducts item development along with manufacturing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having actually been made use of for some years as offices by the Water Board, now houses small companies. A furniture manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn however was damaged by fire in about 1968. A street close by now births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to households whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile markets have actually decreased, Menstrie has become a commuter dorm, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.