Menstrie
Menstrie is a town in the region of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is one of a string of towns that, due to their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or merely The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie once processed wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody set up a carding and also rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and also power, missing from their very own village. In the early 19th century a straight road was built on the level ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and also boost the transportation of goods to and also from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road lie on the old course along the foot of capitals. The new road, now the A91, ended up being a focus for construction of churches, houses, mills and shops. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank and Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 however had increased to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a business, which included the owners of regional mills as well as a distillery, funded 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 and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own passenger station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Virtually absolutely nothing of the station stays as well as the train branch line, which continued to carry freight after the Beeching Axe, came under disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had actually opened in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the town, next to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has advanced this site for greater than 250 years though production of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, originally a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had slowly become the major item and went with manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, in your area readily available, is still helpful. An extensive adhered storage facility area continues to be for storage space of whisky as it grows in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has paved the way to fermentation items derived from yeast. The whisky as well as yeast companies are currently operated by different firms, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The latter carries out product development in addition to manufacturing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands but the Elmbank Mill, having been used for some years as offices by the Water Board, currently houses small businesses. A furnishings manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn however was destroyed by fire in regarding 1968. A road nearby now bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to families whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile markets have actually decreased, Menstrie has become a traveler dorm room, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and also 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.