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The Boldons
The Boldons is an area made up of the three villages of East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery in South Tyneside, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. In 2001, they had a population of 13,271.
Lying within the historic boundaries of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names evolved from the words "Bold" or "Botl", meaning a building, and "dun", meaning a type of hillfort.[citation needed]
In 1866, work began sinking a pit that began producing coal in 1869; it was then known as Boldon New Winning. The village that developed nearby in the 1870s became known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was deepened and extended in the 1910s, further housing to accommodate the workforce was built to the south of the pit in an area known as Boldon New Town.
Until 1974, the area was administered as an urban district of County Durham, but since then has been part of the borough of South Tyneside.
In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band appeared 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 supermarket opened in 1987. Recent developments include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery also has its own multi-screen cinema operated by Cineworld. The main secondary school in the area is Boldon School, a specialist sports college.
East Boldon and Cleadon was previously the only ward in South Tyneside to elect three Conservative councillors. However, in the 2011 local elections, Labour candidate Joan Atkinson unseated the sitting Conservative councillor, reducing the number of Conservatives on South Tyneside Council to one. Boldon Colliery usually elects three Labour councillors. As of March 2021[update], these two wards have five Labour councillors and one Independent Conservative.
The Boldons are within the Jarrow constituency, which also includes Jarrow, Hebburn and parts of east Gateshead. The local MP is Kate Osborne of the Labour Party, who succeeded the previous Labour incumbent.
In the earlier part of the 20th century, a famous son of the community was the Labour politician Jack Lawson. He represented Chester-le-Street in County Durham as an MP and was later elevated to the House of Lords.
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The Boldons
The Boldons is an area made up of the three villages of East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery in South Tyneside, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. In 2001, they had a population of 13,271.
Lying within the historic boundaries of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names evolved from the words "Bold" or "Botl", meaning a building, and "dun", meaning a type of hillfort.[citation needed]
In 1866, work began sinking a pit that began producing coal in 1869; it was then known as Boldon New Winning. The village that developed nearby in the 1870s became known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was deepened and extended in the 1910s, further housing to accommodate the workforce was built to the south of the pit in an area known as Boldon New Town.
Until 1974, the area was administered as an urban district of County Durham, but since then has been part of the borough of South Tyneside.
In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band appeared 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 supermarket opened in 1987. Recent developments include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery also has its own multi-screen cinema operated by Cineworld. The main secondary school in the area is Boldon School, a specialist sports college.
East Boldon and Cleadon was previously the only ward in South Tyneside to elect three Conservative councillors. However, in the 2011 local elections, Labour candidate Joan Atkinson unseated the sitting Conservative councillor, reducing the number of Conservatives on South Tyneside Council to one. Boldon Colliery usually elects three Labour councillors. As of March 2021[update], these two wards have five Labour councillors and one Independent Conservative.
The Boldons are within the Jarrow constituency, which also includes Jarrow, Hebburn and parts of east Gateshead. The local MP is Kate Osborne of the Labour Party, who succeeded the previous Labour incumbent.
In the earlier part of the 20th century, a famous son of the community was the Labour politician Jack Lawson. He represented Chester-le-Street in County Durham as an MP and was later elevated to the House of Lords.