Menstrie
Menstrie is a town in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and also is one of a string of communities that, because of their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or simply The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie when processed wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business owners from Tullibody established a carding as well as spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit 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 also enhance the transport of goods to and also from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road push the old course along the foot of the hills. The new roadway, currently the A91, came to be a focus for construction of churches, residences, mills and also stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills were in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 however had raised to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, which included the owners of neighborhood mills as well as a distillery, funded a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and also Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically nothing of the station continues to be and the railway branch line, which continued to bring 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 eastern of the village, next to the Dams Burn. Production has continued this site for greater than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit around 1930. Yeast, initially a by-product of whisky fermentation, had progressively become the main item and also opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, locally offered, is still helpful. A substantial bound storehouse location stays for storage of whisky as it grows in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation items stemmed from yeast. The whisky and also yeast organisations are now operated by separate firms, particularly Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The last conducts item development along with making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having actually been used for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses local business. A furnishings manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in regarding 1968. A street nearby currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to family members whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and also textile markets have actually declined, Menstrie has become a traveler dorm room, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 as well as 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.
