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The town's English name, Knighton, is from the Old English cniht tun meaning "knight town" (though in Old English a "knight" may be a knight as is familiar today or an armed retainer, or just a youth). The name implies that the town was founded as the result of a grant of land from a thane to his retainer. | The town's English name, Knighton, is from the Old English cniht tun meaning "knight town" (though in Old English a "knight" may be a knight as is familiar today or an armed retainer, or just a youth). The name implies that the town was founded as the result of a grant of land from a thane to his retainer. | ||
The Welsh name, Tref-y-Clawdd, is unrelated and means "town on the dyke", referring to Offa's Dyke, on which the town does indeed stand. | The Welsh name, Tref-y-Clawdd, is unrelated and means "town on the dyke", referring to Offa's Dyke, on which the town does indeed stand.}}<noinclude> | ||
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