The Boldons are a group of three little towns in the north east of England - East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, east of Newcastle and south of South Shields as well as Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historical boundaries of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names developed from the words "Bold" or "Botl", meaning a building, and also "dun", implying a hillside. In 1866, work began sinking a pit that began producing coal in 1869, and was after that called Boldon New Winning. The village that developed close by in the 1870s came to be called Boldon Colliery. When the mine was strengthened as well as prolonged in the 1910s, further housing to suit the labor force was built to the south of the pit in an area referred to as Boldon New Town. Till 1974 the area was carried out as a metropolitan district of County Durham, however since then has actually been 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 enclosed 1982 however even more work became available when an Asda grocery store opened up in 1987. Current developments include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery also has its very own multi-screen cinema run by Cineworld. The primary high school in the area is Boldon School, an expert sporting activities university.