Menstrie is a village 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 towns that, as a result of their area at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots. The occupants of Menstrie as soon as refined woollen from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody established a carding and also rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and also power, missing from their very 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 as well as enhance the transport of products to as well as from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road push the old route along the foot of the hills. The new roadway, now the A91, came to be a focus for building of churches, homes, mills as well as 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 had to do with 500 but had actually boosted to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, that included the owners of neighborhood mills as well as a distillery, financed a branch railway line with Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own traveler station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically nothing of the station remains and also the railway branch line, which remained to carry freight after the Beeching Axe, fell into 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. Production has actually continued on this website for more than 250 years though production of whisky stopped about 1930. Yeast, initially a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had slowly end up being the major product and also went for manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, in your area offered, is still useful. A comprehensive bonded storage facility location remains for storage of whisky as it matures in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually paved the way to fermentation items stemmed from yeast. The whisky and also yeast companies are currently run by separate business, namely Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The last carries out item growth as well as producing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no more stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having actually been used for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, now houses small businesses. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was ruined by fire in regarding 1968. A street close by currently bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was home to families whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield as well as various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile industries have declined, Menstrie has come to be a commuter dormitory, topping the surrounding farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 as well as 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.
