Knighton
Knighton (population 3,172) is a little market town as well as community in central Powys (formerly Radnorshire), Wales, on the Teme as well as the England-- Wales boundary. A small part of the community, consisting of Knighton train station, is in Shropshire, England. This Anglo-Saxon negotiation later became a Norman fortified community. The community has a range of shops serving a large rural hinterland as well as using 18% of the energetic population and is, after production (18.81%), the largest work sector. Or else, and alike with many towns, Knighton has little market. A lot of youths leave after finishing their education. Tourism is crucial and, as a result, the area was hit hard by the foot as well as mouth epidemic of 2001. Although earnings are low as well as 20%+ of houses have no car, Knighton has a joblessness price (2001) of just 2.88%. Obligation for financial advancement lies with the Welsh Assembly Government. Knighton remoteness makes it an unlikely option for the traveler and also, as a result, most of the functioning population (69.45% in 2001) job within a 12 miles (19 km) Traveling to Workspace. The Welsh name, Tref-y-clawdd, implying "community on the dyke", was first recorded in 1262 as well as officially offered to the community in 1971. The name Knighton possibly originates from the Old English words cniht (a soldier, individual follower, boy, slave, thane or freeman) as well as tun (farm, negotiation or homestead). Hence it may have been founded through a grant of land to freemen.
