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Thursday. Knighton is beautifully situated amid an
undulating and finely wooded country. Offa’s Dyke
is close beside the town, and Caer Caradoe is about 3
miles distant. The mfrs. are unimportant. Knighton
formed one of the Radnor District of Parliamentary
Boroughs, which returned 1 member until 1885. — 2.
Knighton, hamlet, Compton Beauchamp par., Berks,
7-J miles W. of Wantage.—3. Knighton, vil., Hennock
par., Devon, 4 miles NW. of Newton Abbot; P.O. See
Ohudleigh Knighton.—4. Knighton, vil., Wembury
par., Devon, 4 miles SE. of Plymouth; P.O.—5.
Knighton, vil., Ilsington par., Devon, 4 miles NE. of
Ashburton.—6. Knighton, vil., Canford Magna par.,
Dorset, 2 miles NW. of Wimborne; numerous barrows
are situated on a large down in the vicinity ; near the
vil. is the seat of Knighton Hall.—7. Knighton,
hamlet, Durweston par., Dorset, 2 miles NW. of Bland-
ford.—8. Knighton, hamlet, Beerhackett par., Dorset,
3 miles SW. of Sherborne.—9. Knighton, township,
St Margaret Leicester par., in co. and 2 miles SE. of
Leicester, 1020 ac., pop. 1827; P.O. —10. Knighton,
hundred, Radnorshire, in NE. of co., 50,876 ac.,
pop. 5634; contains 6 pars., and parts of 4 others.
—II. Knighton, hamlet, Stogursey par., Somerset,
7\ miles NAY. of Bridgwater.—12. Knighton, hamlet,
Adbaston par., Staffordshire, on Birmingham and
Liverpool Canal, 5J miles SW. of Eccleshall. —13.
Knighton, hamlet, Muckleston par., Staffordshire,
7\
miles NW. of Eccleshall; P.O.—14. Knighton, hamlet,
Broad Chalk par., Wilts, 5 miles SAY. of Wilton.

Knighton, East, vil., Winfrith Newburgh par.,
Dorset,
7\ miles SW. of AYareham.

Knighton, West, par., Dorset, 4 miles SE. of Dor-
chester, 2339 ac., pop. 312.

Knighton Honse, ruined mansion, 4 miles E. of
Newport, Isle of Wight.

Knighton Sutton, hamlet, Chew Magna par., in N.
of Somerset, 6?,- miles S. of Bristol.

Knighton upon Teme, eccl. dist., Lindridge par.,
Worcestershire, pop. 571.

Knights Enham, par. and eccl. dist., Hants, 2
miles NW. of Andover—par., 794 ae., pop. 163; eccl.
dist. (Knights Enham with Smannell), extending into
Andover par., pop. 561.

Knights Hole, limestone cavern, Durham, 4 miles
SW. of Easington.

Knights Place, hamlet, Shorne and Merston par.,
Kent, 3 miles NW. of Rochester.

Knight’s Town, vil., Yalentia island, W. co. Kerry,
on Yalentia Harbour, pop. 164.

Knightsbridge, dist., St George Hanover Square
and St Margaret AYestminster pars., Middlesex, in W.
of London, extending from Hyde Park Corner to Ken-
sington Gore, pop. 16,077.

Knightsbrook, seat, 2 m. S. of Trim, S. co. Meath.

Knightsford Bridge, Knightwick par., Worcester-
shire, on river Teme, 5-1? miles E. of Bromyard; P.O.;
is a favourite resort of anglers and geologists.

Knightshayes Court, seat, 1£ m. of Tiverton, Devon.

Knight slow Cross, ancient cross, 6 miles N. of
Coventry, Warwickshire.

Kniglitstone, vil., Morchard Bishops par., Devon, 6J
miles NW. of Crediton.

Knightswood, mining vil., East Kilpatrick par.,
Dumbartonshire, 4 miles NW. of Glasgow.

Knightwick, par. and ry. sta., on river Teme, in
co. and
7\ miles AY. of Worcester, 858 ae., pop. 143.

Knill, par., Herefordshire, in NW. of co., on river
Lugg, 4 miles NW. of Kington ry. sta., 798 ac., pop.
94; contains the seat of Knill Court.

Knlpe, hamlet, Bampton par., Westmorland, on
river Lowther, 4 miles NW. of Shap; in vicinity is
Knipe Scar. Knipe was the birthplace of Edmund
Gibson (1669-1748), archaeologist.

Knipe, The, hill-ridge, in par. and 3 miles SE. of
New Cumnock, E. Ayrshire, reaching in Hare Hill an
alt. of 1950 ft.

Knipton, par. and vil., Leicestershire, in NE. of co.,
on river Devon, 7 miles SW. of Grantham, 1430 ac.,
pop. 327; P.O., T.o.; the reservoir (90 ac.) of the
Grantham Canal is situated here.

Knitsley, ry. sta., in par. and 3 miles NAY. of Lan-
chester, Durham. See
Conside cum Knitsley.


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