Menstrie is a village in the area of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling as well as is one of a string of towns that, due to their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively described as the Hillfoots Villages or just The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie when refined wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody set up 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 very own village. In the early 19th century a straight road was built on the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and also enhance the transportation of goods to and from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road lie on the old route along the foot of capitals. The new road, now the A91, came to be an emphasis for building and construction of churches, residences, mills as well as shops. 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 was about 500 yet had enhanced to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a business, which included the proprietors of regional mills and a distillery, financed a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined 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 remains and the railway branch line, which continued to lug products after the Beeching Axe, came under disuse throughout 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 east of the town, beside the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has continued this website for greater than 250 years though production of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, originally a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had slowly end up being the main item as well as went for manufacture of whisky and also bread. Soft water, locally readily available, is still valuable. A substantial bound 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 items stemmed from yeast. The whisky as well as yeast companies are currently operated by different firms, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The latter conducts item 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 been used for some years as offices by the Water Board, now houses local business. A furnishings factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was ruined by fire in regarding 1968. A street close by now bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to families whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as fabric sectors have declined, Menstrie has come to be a traveler dorm room, topping the adjacent farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.
