Menstrie is a town in the county 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, as a result of their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie once refined wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business people from Tullibody set up a carding and rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water and power, absent from their very own village. In the very 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 boost the transportation of items to as well as from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road push 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, homes, mills and also stores. 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 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 as well as a distillery, funded a branch train line via 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 and also the train branch line, which continued to lug freight after the Beeching Axe, fell under disuse during 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, beside the Dams Burn. Production has continued on this website for greater than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit around 1930. Yeast, originally a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had progressively end up being the main item and also opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, in your area readily available, is still helpful. A substantial bonded stockroom location stays for storage of whisky as it grows in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually given way to fermentation products stemmed from yeast. The whisky and also yeast companies are now run by different business, namely Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The last performs product 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 actually been used for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, now houses small businesses. A furnishings manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was destroyed by fire in about 1968. A street close by now births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to family members whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and textile sectors have actually decreased, Menstrie has actually come to be a commuter dorm room, spreading over the surrounding farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 as well as 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.