Excerpt from Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated, Historical, Entertaining and Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged Knighton, or Tref-y-clawdd. A market-town situated upon an agreeable hill, sloping towards the margin of the river Teme. It consists of two principal avenues, intersecting each other at right angles; and the gentle acclivity of the streets gives a picturesque appearance, afl'ords a grateful view of the enclosing valley, and is attended with cleanliness. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of St. David's and province of Canterbury, of the certified value of 10. Per annum patrons and im propriators, the Warden and Trustees of the hospital of Clun, in Shtup shire, which was founded and endowed in the reign of James I b an earl of Northampton. The petty sessions for the hundred are held ere once a month. A small free-school, in this town, is endowed, by a Mr. Barnsley, with 1. Per annum; and here are six aims-houses for the accommodation of the poor. The famous boundary, called Ofl'a's-dyke, enters the parish on the north, and running due south for two miles, may be traced through the parishes of Norton, Whitton, Discoed, and Old Radnor, in this county, after which it passes into Hereford. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.