Menstrie is a village in the region 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 towns that, due to their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or merely The Hillfoots. The owners of Menstrie as soon as 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 exploit its soft water as well as power, absent from their own town. 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 boost the transport of items to and also from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road lie on the old route along the foot of the hills. The brand-new road, now the A91, became an emphasis for building of churches, houses, mills and also shops. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank and Forthvale mills were in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 yet had raised to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, that included the proprietors of regional mills and also a distillery, funded a branch train line through Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and 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 train branch line, which continued to lug products after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had actually opened in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the village, next to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has actually continued this site for greater than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, initially a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had slowly come to be the main product and also went with manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, in your area available, is still beneficial. A comprehensive adhered warehouse location continues to be for storage of whisky as it matures in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has paved the way to fermentation products stemmed from yeast. The whisky and yeast companies are currently operated by separate business, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The latter conducts product growth along with producing 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 furnishings factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was damaged by fire in regarding 1968. A road close by now births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was residence to family members whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile markets have decreased, Menstrie has become a traveler dormitory, topping the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 as well as 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.