Fine grained stone has been used for grindstones and whetstones. Their tools included awls, adze bits, knives, scrapers, stone drills, whetstones. Whetstones were traded and used for sharpening weapons, tools and knives. The grindstones were produces in a range of sizes, ranging from whetstones to three-ton stones. Whetstones may be natural or artificial stones. Large socketed pieces are assumed to be handles for whetstones. It provided cobblestones and whetstones until it closed in 1921. Grave goods included numerous iron weapons, horse fittings, whetstones, copper bracelets and Sue ware pottery. The islands Crete and Naxos were famed for their whetstones (Plin. Other desired market items include matches, tobacco, nylon hammocks, whetstones, and other tools. A quarry within the parish was the source of "Charley Forest" whetstones. Local tradition says they were made as whetstones. Imported whetstones were recycled into whetstones. Eggleston, a baker by trade, was a producer of a biscuit called Grantham Whetstones. These rocks were referred to by miners in northern England as whetstones.