Knighton (population 3,172) is a small market town and community in main Powys (previously Radnorshire), Wales, on the Teme and also the England-- Wales border. A little part of the community, consisting of Knighton railway station, is in Shropshire, England. This Anglo-Saxon settlement later on ended up being a Norman fortified town. The town has a selection of stores serving a huge rural hinterland and also using 18% of the energetic population and also is, after production (18.81%), the largest work field. Or else, and in common with numerous towns, Knighton has little sector. A lot of young people leave after finishing their education and learning. Tourism is essential as well as, consequently, the area was hit hard by the foot as well as mouth epidemic of 2001. Although wages are reduced and also 20%+ of houses have no cars and truck, Knighton has an unemployment price (2001) of simply 2.88%. Responsibility for economic growth lies with the Welsh Assembly Government. Knighton seclusion makes it an unlikely option for the traveler and also, subsequently, most of the functioning population (69.45% in 2001) job within a 12 miles (19 kilometres) Travel to Work Area. The Welsh name, Tref-y-clawdd, suggesting "town on the dyke", was first recorded in 1262 and also officially provided to the community in 1971. The name Knighton possibly derives from the Old English words cniht (a soldier, personal fan, young man, servant, thane or freeman) and also tun (farm, settlement or homestead). Therefore it might have been founded through a grant of land to freemen.