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 is just one of a string of communities that, due to their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or just The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie once refined woollen from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business owners from Tullibody set up a carding and rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water as well as power, lacking from their very own village. In the early 19th century a straight road was improved the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as improve the transportation of items to and from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road lie on the old course along the foot of the hills. The new roadway, currently the A91, came to be an emphasis for construction of churches, residences, mills and stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank and also Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 but had actually boosted to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a business, that included the owners of local mills and also a distillery, funded a branch train line with Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa and also Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own guest station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically nothing of the station remains and also the train branch line, which remained to lug freight after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout 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. Manufacturing has actually continued on this site for more than 250 years though production of whisky stopped about 1930. Yeast, originally a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had gradually come to be the main item and also chose manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, in your area available, is still useful. A comprehensive adhered warehouse area continues to be for storage space of whisky as it grows in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually paved the way to fermentation products derived from yeast. The whisky and also yeast companies are currently run by separate business, specifically Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The latter carries out item development along with manufacturing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having been used for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses small companies. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was damaged by fire in regarding 1968. A street nearby now bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was residence to households whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile sectors have actually decreased, Menstrie has become a traveler dormitory, topping the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 as well as 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 as well as 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.
