You can derelict my balls2/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Eventually this market collapsed due to cheaper imports from France. From then on, the stones were used for industrial grinding. In medieval times the local stone was used for millstones for grinding flour but then when the move to white bread came, gritstone fell out of favour due to it making the flour grey. Bole Hill was chosen for quarrying due to the quality of the rock and millstones, grindstones and crushing stones were made here for over 600 years. The eastern edges of Millstone, Burbage and Stanage were all extensively quarried. Millstones have been produced in the county since at least the 13th century. Bole Hill Millstone Quarry just outside Hathersage and Upper Padley, above Grindleford Station in Derbyshire. ![]()
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