Knighton
Knighton (population 3,172) is a small market community and also area in main Powys (formerly Radnorshire), Wales, on the Teme as well as the England-- Wales boundary. A tiny part of the town, consisting of Knighton railway station, is in Shropshire, England. This Anglo-Saxon negotiation later came to be a Norman strengthened town. The town has a range of stores offering a large country hinterland as well as using 18% of the active population and also is, after production (18.81%), the biggest work sector. Otherwise, and in common with lots of villages, Knighton has little industry. A lot of young people leave after completing their education. Tourism is important and also, consequently, the area was struck hard by the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001. Although earnings are reduced as well as 20%+ of homes have no vehicle, Knighton has a joblessness price (2001) of just 2.88%. Responsibility for financial growth lies with the Welsh Assembly Government. Knighton remoteness makes it an unlikely option for the traveler as well as, as a result, the majority of the working population (69.45% in 2001) job within a 12 miles (19 kilometres) Traveling to Workspace. The Welsh name, Tref-y-clawdd, implying "community on the dyke", was first recorded in 1262 and formally offered to the town in 1971. The name Knighton possibly derives from the Old English words cniht (a soldier, individual follower, boy, servant, thane or freeman) and tun (ranch, negotiation or homestead). Therefore it might have been founded with a give of land to freemen.
