05 Aug
Electric | Testing & Inspection
Knighton - LD7
Enquiry from: Kevin I
Start Date: Immediate
Enquirer: Property Buyer Number of bedrooms: 3
Knighton
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 small part of the town, consisting of Knighton railway station, remains in Shropshire, England. This Anglo-Saxon negotiation later came to be a Norman strengthened community. The community has a selection of shops offering a big rural hinterland and employing 18% of the active population and also is, after manufacturing (18.81%), the largest work market. Or else, and also alike with numerous villages, Knighton has little sector. Many young people leave after finishing their education and learning. Tourism is vital and also, subsequently, the location was hit hard by the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001. Although salaries are low and 20%+ of houses have no vehicle, Knighton has an unemployment rate (2001) of simply 2.88%. Obligation for financial growth lies with the Welsh Assembly Government. Knighton remoteness makes it a not likely choice for the commuter as well as, subsequently, most of the working population (69.45% in 2001) job within a 12 miles (19 km) Travel to Workplace. The Welsh name, Tref-y-clawdd, meaning "community on the dyke", was first recorded in 1262 and formally offered to the community in 1971. The name Knighton most likely originates from the Old English words cniht (a soldier, individual follower, boy, servant, thane or freeman) as well as tun (farm, settlement or homestead). Therefore it might have been founded through a grant of land to freemen.
