Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a team of three little towns 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 and also Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historical boundaries of County Durham, the towns are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names advanced from words "Bold" or "Botl", implying a building, and "dun", implying a hillside. In 1866, work began sinking a pit that began producing coal in 1869, as well as was then referred to as Boldon New Winning. The village that developed close by in the 1870s ended up being referred to as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was strengthened as well as prolonged in the 1910s, additional housing to suit the labor force was constructed to the south of the pit in an area called Boldon New Town. Up until 1974 the location was carried out as a metropolitan area of County Durham, however ever since has actually belonged to 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 but more tasks appeared when an Asda supermarket opened in 1987. Current advancements include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its own multi-screen cinema run by Cineworld. The main secondary school in the location is Boldon School, an expert sporting activities university.