Knighton

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪtən/

Proper noun

Knighton (countable and uncountable, plural Knightons)

  1. A placename:
    1. A town and community in Powys, Wales, on the border with England; its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2872). [1]
    2. A number of places in England:
      1. A settlement in Wembury parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX5249). [2]
      2. A hamlet in Beer Hackett parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6111).
      3. A hamlet in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0497). [3]
      4. A hamlet in Newchurch parish, on the Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5686). The K is usually pronounced to distinguish it from Niton.
      5. A suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK5901).
      6. A hamlet in Compton Beauchamp parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU2887).
      7. A hamlet in Stogursey parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1944).
      8. A hamlet in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire, on the Shropshire border (OS grid ref SJ7240).
      9. A hamlet in Ramsbury parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2971).
      10. A hamlet in Inkberrow parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0356).
  2. (countable) A surname.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Community map (Powys)
  2. ^ List of United Kingdom locations: Kip-Kz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  3. ^ Ward map (Bournemouth)

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