Knighton (population 3,172) is a small market community and also neighborhood in central Powys (formerly Radnorshire), Wales, on the Teme and the England-- Wales boundary. A small part of the community, including Knighton train station, is in Shropshire, England. This Anglo-Saxon negotiation later came to be a Norman strengthened community. The community has a variety of shops offering a big rural hinterland as well as using 18% of the active population as well as is, after production (18.81%), the biggest work market. Or else, as well as in common with several towns, Knighton has little industry. Most youngsters leave after finishing their education and learning. Tourist is crucial and, as a result, the location was struck hard by the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001. Although incomes are low and 20%+ of homes have no automobile, Knighton has an unemployment rate (2001) of just 2.88%. Obligation for economic growth lies with the Welsh Assembly Government. Knighton remoteness makes it a not likely selection for the traveler and also, subsequently, most of the working population (69.45% in 2001) job within a 12 miles (19 kilometres) Traveling to Workplace. The Welsh name, Tref-y-clawdd, meaning "community on the dyke", was first recorded in 1262 as well as formally offered to the town in 1971. The name Knighton possibly originates from the Old English words cniht (a soldier, individual follower, boy, servant, thane or freeman) and tun (ranch, settlement or homestead). Hence it might have been founded through a give of land to freemen.
