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weirdly strange
looking at the picture my house isnt even built its weird to see how much it has changed over the years... i live next door to the church- where it looks like their is just land!
Contributed by Claire Louise Jones
Photograph circa 1890
I have an old photograph and I believe it is this street before some of the buildings were built and it was taken further down. However, the Church in the background is the same. John Oswald Clazey and his family are gathered at a place called Boldon House on the back of the photo. There is a picture of the family in the back yard and then a photo of them in the front by a brick wall of sorts. I am more than happy to provide a copy if there is any interest.
Contributed by sharon spry
Tyne And Wear memories
weirdly strange
looking at the picture my house isnt even built its weird to see how much it has changed over the years... i live next door to the church- where it looks like their is just land!
A memory of West Boldon contributed by Claire Louise Jones
Photograph circa 1890
I have an old photograph and I believe it is this street before some of the buildings were built and it was taken further down. However, the Church in the background is the same. John Oswald Clazey and his family are gathered at a place called Boldon House on the back of the photo. There is a picture of the family in the back yard and then a photo of them in the front by a brick wall of sorts. I am more than happy to provide a copy if there is any interest.
A memory of West Boldon contributed by sharon spry
Extracts From West Boldon & Tyne And Wear books
The area between the south bank of the Tyne and the north bank of the Wear was transformed during the 19th century as coal mines opened and communities grew around them. Nearby Boldon Colliery was sunk between 1866 and 1871, and it was substantially deepened under NCB ownership.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Some of the cottages in St Nicholas Terrace, which is located to the north of the church, are 18th-century, and one of them is dated 1771. The church itself is mid 13th-century and is one of only a handful of churches from this period that retains its broached spire. It seems that when the church was already under construction, the decision was taken to provide it with aisles; evidence of the alteration can still be seen to this day.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".