Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a group of 3 little villages in the north east of England - East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, east of Newcastle and also south of South Shields and Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historical limits of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names developed from words "Bold" or "Botl", suggesting a building, as well as "dun", suggesting a hillside. In 1866, job started sinking a pit that began generating coal in 1869, as well as was after that known as Boldon New Winning. The village that established close by in the 1870s became called Boldon Colliery. When the mine was grown and extended in the 1910s, additional real estate to accommodate the labor force was developed to the south of the pit in an area referred to as Boldon New Town. Till 1974 the area was administered as a city district of County Durham, however ever since has actually 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 more jobs appeared when an Asda grocery store opened in 1987. Current growths include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its very own multi-screen movie theater operated by Cineworld. The main senior high school in the location is Boldon School, a specialist sports university.