Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a group of three small towns in the north east of England - East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, east of Newcastle and south of South Shields and also 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 evolved from the words "Bold" or "Botl", indicating a structure, and also "dun", indicating a hill. In 1866, job began sinking a pit that started generating coal in 1869, and also was after that known as Boldon New Winning. The village that established nearby in the 1870s came to be known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was grown and expanded in the 1910s, further housing to suit the labor force was built to the south of the pit in an area called Boldon New Town. Up until 1974 the location was carried out as an urban area of County Durham, however ever since has actually belonged to the district of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band showed up in episode 13 of the tv collection When the Boat Comes In. The mine enclosed 1982 but even more jobs appeared when an Asda supermarket opened up in 1987. Recent advancements include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its very own multi-screen movie theater run by Cineworld. The primary high school in the area is Boldon School, an expert sporting activities college.