The Boldons are a team of 3 tiny towns in the north eastern of England - East Boldon, West Boldon and also Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, eastern of Newcastle and also south of South Shields and Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Lying within the historical limits of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names advanced from words "Bold" or "Botl", suggesting a structure, as well as "dun", suggesting a hillside. In 1866, work started sinking a pit that began creating coal in 1869, and was then known as Boldon New Winning. The village that created close by in the 1870s came to be referred to as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was deepened and also expanded in the 1910s, further housing to fit the labor force was developed to the south of the pit in an area known as Boldon New Town. Till 1974 the location was carried out as a metropolitan area of County Durham, however ever since has become part of the district of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band appeared in episode 13 of the tv collection When the Boat Comes In. The mine enclosed 1982 yet even more work became available when an Asda supermarket opened up in 1987. Recent advancements consist of Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its very own multi-screen cinema run by Cineworld. The main senior high school in the location is Boldon School, a specialist sporting activities college.