Menstrie is a town in the region of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It has to do with 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and also is one of a string of communities that, because of their place at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively described as the Hillfoots Villages or merely The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie as soon as refined woollen from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business owners 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, absent from their own village. In the very early 19th century a straight road was built on the level ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as improve the transport of items to and from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road rest on the old path along the foot of the hills. The brand-new road, currently the A91, became a focus for building of churches, houses, mills as well as shops. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population was about 500 yet had actually enhanced to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the owners of neighborhood mills as well as a distillery, funded a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa and also Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Virtually absolutely nothing of the station remains and the train branch line, which continued to lug products after the Beeching Axe, fell under disuse during 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 town, next to the Dams Burn. Production has actually continued this website for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit around 1930. Yeast, originally a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had slowly end up being the main product as well as chose manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, in your area readily available, is still useful. A considerable adhered storehouse area remains for storage of whisky as it develops in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually given way to fermentation products derived from yeast. The whisky and also yeast companies are currently operated by separate companies, namely Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The latter carries out item development along with producing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands however the Elmbank Mill, having been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, now houses small businesses. A furnishings manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in about 1968. A street close by now bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was residence to family members whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and also textile sectors have declined, Menstrie has actually 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 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.