Knighton, The View From Kinsley c.1960
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K61065
More about this scene
In 1230 Knighton was granted a charter to hold markets, and the tradition continues today. Wives were even sold, the last in 1854 – for one shilling. The town's name in Welsh is Tref y Clawdd, meaning 'the town on the dyke', and indeed it is located on Offa's Dyke, that great earthwork that separated the Welsh from the English tribes of King Offa. George Borrow, in his 'Wild Wales', noted that 'it was customary for the English to cut off the ears of every Welshman found on the east of the dyke and for the Welsh to hang every Englishman found to the west'. Things are a little better these days. Knighton is so close to the border that its railway station and hotel sit in England. The photograph shows how prosperous this small town has continued to be; though very rural, there is plenty of light industry here.
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