Mrs. Beatrice McClellan White (1898 – 1969), of Longbridge Deverill, writing in 1960 on the subject of Crockerton, noted:
Another 13th century industry carried on there [at Crockerton] was making whetstones from the local stone. Even now, men from Crockerton will try and find a bit of ‘Crockerton stone’ to sharpen their knives on; my husband was one of these men.