Knighton (population 3,172) is a little market community as well as area in main Powys (previously Radnorshire), Wales, on the Teme and the England-- Wales boundary. A tiny part of the town, including Knighton train station, is in Shropshire, England. This Anglo-Saxon negotiation later on became a Norman fortified town. The town has a range of shops serving a big rural hinterland and also employing 18% of the energetic population and also is, after manufacturing (18.81%), the largest work market. Or else, as well as alike with several towns, Knighton has little sector. Most youths leave after completing their education and learning. Tourism is crucial and also, as a result, the area was hit hard by the foot as well as mouth epidemic of 2001. Although incomes are reduced and 20%+ of houses have no vehicle, Knighton has an unemployment rate (2001) of simply 2.88%. Responsibility for financial growth lies with the Welsh Assembly Government. Knighton seclusion makes it an unlikely selection for the traveler as well as, as a result, most of the functioning population (69.45% in 2001) work within a 12 miles (19 kilometres) Traveling to Work Area. The Welsh name, Tref-y-clawdd, suggesting "town on the dyke", was first recorded in 1262 as well as officially provided to the town in 1971. The name Knighton probably stems from the Old English words cniht (a soldier, personal follower, young man, slave, thane or freeman) and tun (ranch, settlement or homestead). Thus it might have been founded via a give of land to freemen.