 Many of the workers for these new collieries moved from other coalmining areas including Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire.Skegby Colliery was replaced by New Skegby Colliery (later renamed Sutton Colliery) in 1873.It was also known as Brierley Colliery, possibly renamed by the many Staffordshire colliers moving from the Brierley Hill area.