The finer grained, hard stones were much in demand as grindstones for the cutlery trade and for fine fettling and finishing in iron foundries.The Grenoside Sword Dance forms an important mid-winter ritual for the village and can be traced back to the 1750s.The Primary School, originally on the north side of Norfolk Hill, relocated to a new building to the south of the road in 2006.Grenoside's new crematorium, built in 1999 on Skew Hill Lane, was formerly a munitions scrap yard.Part of Greno Woods is a nature reserve managed by The Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham.