Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a group of three little villages in the north east of England - East Boldon, West Boldon as well as Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, east of Newcastle and southern of South Shields and also Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historic boundaries of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names progressed from the words "Bold" or "Botl", suggesting a building, and also "dun", indicating a hillside. In 1866, job began sinking a pit that started producing coal in 1869, and was after that called Boldon New Winning. The town that established nearby in the 1870s ended up being known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was grown as well as expanded in the 1910s, additional real estate to accommodate the workforce was built to the south of the pit in a location known as Boldon New Town. Until 1974 the area was administered as a metropolitan area of County Durham, but ever since has actually belonged to the borough of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band showed up in episode 13 of the television collection When the Boat Comes In. The mine enclosed 1982 but even more tasks became available when an Asda supermarket opened up in 1987. Recent developments include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its own multi-screen movie theater operated by Cineworld. The primary senior high school in the location is Boldon School, a specialist sporting activities university.
