The quarry produces sandstone which has been exported through Whitby to London and South East England.

[2] The West and East Piers at Whitby were faced with 6 tonnes (6.6 tons) blocks of Aislaby stone.

[5][6][7] The Easby Cross, which dates to the early 9th century, has been matched to the same "medium-grained deltaic sandstone traditionally produced in the Aislaby quarries of Eskdale, near Whitby".

[8] It is theorised that pack horses took sections of the stone west from Aislaby to the valley of the River Swale, but it is unknown who paid for the cross.

[10] It was again reopened in the 2010s, specifically to supply stone for a renovation programme on the East and West Piers at Whitby.