Menstrie
Menstrie is a village in the region of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It has to do with 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and also is just one of a string of towns that, due to their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie as soon as processed wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business people from Tullibody established a carding and also rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water and power, absent from their own town. In the very 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 transport of products to and also from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road push the old route along the foot of capitals. The new roadway, now the A91, came to be an emphasis for building of churches, homes, mills as well as shops. 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 was about 500 but had boosted to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, that included the owners of local mills and also a distillery, financed a branch train line through Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own passenger 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, fell under disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. 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, next to the Dams Burn. Production has continued this site for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, at first a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had progressively come to be the main item and also opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, locally available, is still helpful. A substantial bonded stockroom area remains for storage space of whisky as it grows in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has paved the way to fermentation products originated from yeast. The whisky and also yeast services are currently run by separate firms, particularly Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The last carries out item development along with manufacturing 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, now houses small businesses. A furnishings factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was destroyed by fire in regarding 1968. A road close by currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to family members whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and textile sectors have decreased, Menstrie has become a traveler dorm room, topping the surrounding 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.
