Menstrie is a town in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It has to do with 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling as well as is just one of a string of communities that, because of their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly described as the Hillfoots Towns or merely The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie once refined woollen from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody established a carding as well as spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and power, missing from their 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 enhance the transportation of goods to and from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road lie on the old path along the foot of capitals. The brand-new road, currently the A91, became a focus for construction of churches, homes, mills and also 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 yet had actually increased to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, which included the proprietors of neighborhood mills and a distillery, funded a branch railway 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 very own guest station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost nothing of the station continues to be and also the railway branch line, which continued to bring freight 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 eastern of the village, close to the Dams Burn. Production has continued this website for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, originally a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had slowly come to be the primary product and opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, locally offered, is still helpful. A considerable bound storehouse location stays for storage of whisky as it matures in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually given way to fermentation products stemmed from yeast. The whisky and also yeast businesses are now run by different business, particularly Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The latter performs item development along with manufacturing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no more stands however the Elmbank Mill, having actually been used for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses local business. A furniture manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn however was destroyed by fire in concerning 1968. A street close by now births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to families whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and fabric industries have declined, Menstrie has come to be a traveler dorm, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 as well as 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was estimated as 2872.