Menstrie
Menstrie is a village in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling as well as is just one of a string of communities that, because of their area at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or merely The Hillfoots. The owners of Menstrie once processed wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business people from Tullibody established 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 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 improve the transportation of goods to and also from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road lie on the old course along the foot of capitals. The brand-new road, currently the A91, ended up being an emphasis for building and 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 was about 500 yet had actually raised to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, which included the proprietors of local mills as well as a distillery, financed a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own passenger station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically nothing of the station stays and also the railway branch line, which continued to carry products 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 east of the village, next to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has actually continued on this website for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, originally a by-product of whisky fermentation, had progressively end up being the major item and chose manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, locally available, is still helpful. A considerable adhered warehouse area remains for storage of whisky as it matures in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually given way to fermentation products stemmed from yeast. The whisky and also yeast organisations are now operated by separate business, particularly Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The last conducts product growth as well as making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands however the Elmbank Mill, having actually been used for some years as offices by the Water Board, now houses small businesses. A furnishings factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was damaged by fire in concerning 1968. A street nearby currently bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to families whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and textile markets have actually decreased, Menstrie has come to be a commuter dorm room, topping the surrounding 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.