Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a group of three small villages in the north eastern of England - East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, east of Newcastle and also south of South Shields as well as Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historical limits of County Durham, the towns are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names evolved from the words "Bold" or "Botl", indicating a building, and "dun", meaning a hillside. In 1866, job started sinking a pit that began creating coal in 1869, and was then called Boldon New Winning. The village that created close by in the 1870s ended up being known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was strengthened and prolonged in the 1910s, additional real estate to suit the labor force was constructed to the south of the pit in a location called Boldon New Town. Up until 1974 the area was carried out as a city district of County Durham, yet ever since has been part of the district of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band appeared in episode 13 of the television series When the Boat Comes In. The mine enclosed 1982 however more tasks became available when an Asda supermarket opened up in 1987. Recent advancements consist of Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its own multi-screen movie theater run by Cineworld. The primary secondary school in the area is Boldon School, a specialist sports university.
