Menstrie is a town in the area of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is one of a string of communities that, as a result of their area at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively described as the Hillfoots Villages or just The Hillfoots. The occupants of Menstrie once refined wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, business people from Tullibody established a carding and also spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water and power, missing from their very own town. In the very early 19th century a straight road was built on the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and improve the transportation of products to and also from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row as well as Ochil Road rest on the old route along the foot of capitals. The brand-new roadway, currently the A91, ended up being an emphasis for building of churches, homes, mills and stores. 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 increased to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a business, which included the owners of regional mills and also a distillery, funded a branch railway line with Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost absolutely nothing of the station remains and also the train branch line, which continued to bring freight after the Beeching Axe, fell under 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 eastern of the town, next to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has continued this website for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit around 1930. Yeast, originally a by-product of whisky fermentation, had slowly come to be the primary product and also went with manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, in your area readily available, is still useful. A substantial bound stockroom area remains for storage space of whisky as it matures in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has paved the way to fermentation items derived from yeast. The whisky and yeast businesses are currently run by separate firms, particularly Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The latter conducts product advancement in addition to making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having actually been used 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 ruined by fire in regarding 1968. A street close by now births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to households whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile sectors have declined, Menstrie has actually ended up being a commuter dormitory, topping the adjacent 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.
