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 among a string of towns that, as a result of their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots. The occupants of Menstrie when processed woollen from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen 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, missing from their very own town. In the early 19th century a straight road was improved the level ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as boost the transportation of items to and from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road rest on the old path along the foot of the hills. The brand-new road, now the A91, became a focus for building and construction of churches, houses, mills and stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank and Forthvale mills were in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 yet had actually boosted to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, that included the owners of local mills as well as 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 between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically absolutely nothing of the station stays as well as the train branch line, which continued to carry freight after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse during 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 village, next to the Dams Burn. Production has continued this website for greater than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, originally a by-product of whisky fermentation, had gradually come to be the major item and also went with manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, locally readily available, is still beneficial. An extensive bound storage facility area continues to be for storage of whisky as it develops in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation products derived from yeast. The whisky and also yeast businesses are now operated by separate companies, namely Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The last conducts product advancement 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, now houses local business. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn however 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 families whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile sectors have decreased, Menstrie has actually ended up being a commuter dormitory, spreading over the surrounding farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.