Menstrie is a village 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 among 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 Towns or simply The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie when processed woollen from lamb 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 manipulate its soft water and also power, lacking from their very own village. In the very early 19th century a straight road was improved the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and boost the transport of products to and from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road lie on the old route along the foot of capitals. The new roadway, now the A91, became a focus for building and construction of churches, homes, mills and stores. 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 was about 500 yet had actually raised to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, that included the owners of regional mills and also a distillery, financed a branch train line through Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own passenger station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost absolutely nothing of the station continues to be and also the train branch line, which remained to bring freight after the Beeching Axe, came under disuse during 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 village, beside the Dams Burn. Production has advanced this site for greater than 250 years though production of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, at first a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had gradually become the main product and also opted for manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, in your area readily available, is still helpful. A considerable adhered storehouse area continues to be for storage space of whisky as it develops in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually paved the way to fermentation products originated from yeast. The whisky and yeast services are now run by different business, particularly Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The latter performs product growth in addition to producing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands but the Elmbank Mill, having actually been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, now houses small companies. A furniture manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was ruined by fire in about 1968. A street close by currently bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to families whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and also textile markets have actually decreased, Menstrie has actually ended up being a commuter dorm room, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.
