Menstrie
Menstrie is a village in the area of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It has to do with 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is just one of a string of towns that, as a result of their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly described as the Hillfoots Villages or merely The Hillfoots. The occupants of Menstrie as soon as processed wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody established a carding and also rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and power, absent from their very 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 as well as boost the transportation of products to as well as from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road lie on the old path along the foot of the hills. The new roadway, now the A91, became a focus for building of churches, homes, mills and stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population was about 500 but had actually boosted to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the proprietors of local mills and also a distillery, financed a branch railway line through Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and also Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own passenger station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost nothing of the station remains and also the railway branch line, which continued to carry freight after the Beeching Axe, fell into 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 town, close to the Dams Burn. Production has advanced this site for more than 250 years though production of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, initially a by-product of whisky fermentation, had slowly come to be the main product as well as opted for manufacture of whisky and also bread. Soft water, locally readily available, is still useful. An extensive adhered storehouse location stays for storage space of whisky as it develops in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation items stemmed from yeast. The whisky as well as yeast services are now run by separate companies, namely Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The latter performs item development as well as producing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no more stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having actually been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses small businesses. A furnishings manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was ruined by fire in regarding 1968. A road nearby currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to households whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile industries have actually decreased, Menstrie has actually ended up being a traveler dormitory, topping the surrounding farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 as well as 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.
