The Boldons are a team of three little villages in the north eastern of England - East Boldon, West Boldon as well as Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, eastern of Newcastle and southern of South Shields and Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historic borders of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names evolved from words "Bold" or "Botl", indicating a building, and "dun", implying a hillside. In 1866, work started sinking a pit that began producing coal in 1869, and also was after that referred to as Boldon New Winning. The town that created close by in the 1870s came to be known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was strengthened and also prolonged in the 1910s, additional real estate to fit the labor force was developed to the south of the pit in an area known as Boldon New Town. Until 1974 the location was administered as a city district of County Durham, but ever since has become part of the district of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band showed up in episode 13 of the television series When the Boat Comes In. The mine closed in 1982 but more jobs became available when an Asda grocery store opened in 1987. Current growths consist of Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery likewise has its own multi-screen cinema run by Cineworld. The main senior high school in the area is Boldon School, a professional sporting activities university.