Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a group of three tiny villages in the north east of England - East Boldon, West Boldon as well as Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, eastern of Newcastle as well as south of South Shields as well as Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historical borders of County Durham, the towns are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names evolved from the words "Bold" or "Botl", meaning a building, and also "dun", meaning a hillside. In 1866, work started sinking a pit that began producing coal in 1869, as well as was after that referred to as Boldon New Winning. The village that established nearby in the 1870s became called Boldon Colliery. When the mine was deepened and prolonged in the 1910s, more housing to suit the labor force was built to the south of the pit in an area called Boldon New Town. Until 1974 the area was administered as a city area of County Durham, yet since then has become part of the district of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band appeared in episode 13 of the television collection When the Boat Comes In. The mine closed in 1982 but more jobs became available when an Asda supermarket opened up in 1987. Recent developments include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its own multi-screen cinema operated by Cineworld. The main high school in the location is Boldon School, a specialist sports university.