Menstrie
Sign in to savethumb|The main road through Menstrie, under the Ochil Hills thumb|Menstrie War Memorial Menstrie (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a village in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about east-northeast of Stirling and is one of a string of towns that, because of their location at the foothill base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Menstrie
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS852969
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Meanstraidh
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Clackmannanshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Clackmannanshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ochil and South Perthshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
- UK place.post_town
- Menstrie
- UK place.postcode_district
- FK11
- UK place.postcode_area
- FK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01259
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Article
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- Etymology
- Physical geography
- Facilities
- Transport links
- Industry and population
- Commercial forestry
- Recreation
- Architecture and housing
- References
- External links
thumb|The main road through Menstrie, under the Ochil Hills thumb|Menstrie War Memorial Menstrie (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a village in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about east-northeast of Stirling and is one of a string of towns that, because of their location at the foothill base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots.
== Etymology == The name Menstrie, recorded as Mestreth and Mestryn in the 1260s, is of Pictish origin. The name is composed of elements cognate to Welsh , meaning 'field, plain', and , 'town, village, farm'.