Knighton may mean:
Places in England
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Knighton, Devon, a
location
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Knighton, Isle of Wight
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Knighton, Leicester
Knighton is a residential suburban area of Leicester, situated between Clarendon Park to the north, Stoneygate to the east, Oadby and Wigston to the south and the Saffron Lane estate to the west.
Originally a separate village a couple of m ...
, Leicestershire, a suburb
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Knighton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
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Knighton, Oxfordshire
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Knighton, Poole, a
location
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Knighton, Somerset, a
location
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Knighton, Stafford, Staffordshire
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Knighton, West Dorset, a
location
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Knighton, Wiltshire
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Knighton, Worcestershire, hamlet in
Inkberrow
Inkberrow is a village in Worcestershire, England, often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the setting of BBC Radio 4's long-running series ''The Archers''. In particular, The Bull, the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on The ...
parish
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Knighton on Teme
Knighton on Teme is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills (district), Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England.
The parish consists of the village of Newnham Bridge and several small hamlets including Knight ...
, Worcestershire, village and parish
Places in Wales
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Knighton, Powys
Knighton ( cy, Tref-y-clawdd or ) is a cross-border market town and community on the River Teme, straddling the border between Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England. The Teme is not navigable in its higher reaches and the border does not follow ...
a market town on the English/Welsh border
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Knighton railway station serving the town
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Knighton Town F.C.
Knighton Town Football Club is a Welsh football club founded in 1887. They play in the Central Wales League Southern Division which is at the fourth tier of the Welsh football pyramid.
2015–16 The Return to Mid Wales Football's Top Division
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, its football club
People
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Henry Knighton
Henry Knighton (or Knyghton) (died c. 1396, in England) was an Augustinian canon at the abbey of St Mary of the Meadows, Leicester, England, and an ecclesiastical historian (chronicler). He wrote a history of England from the Norman conquest u ...
(d. 1396), English churchman and chronicler
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Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond
Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond (18 September 1875 – 28 February 1970) was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire as Arthur Henry Hammond. Knighton-Hammond was an English artist best known for landscapes, society portraits and industrial paintings. Kn ...
(1875–1970), English artist
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Brad Knighton
Bradley Burton Knighton (born February 6, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player.
College and amateur soccer
Knighton played four years of college soccer at UNC-Wilmington as well as for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Dev ...
(born 1985), American professional soccer player
*Brian Knighton (1971–2016), American professional wrestler better known as
Axl Rotten
Brian Knighton (April 21, 1971 – February 4, 2016), better known by the ring name Axl Rotten, was an American professional wrestler. In the early 1990s, he was a part of the tag team The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten. He had a short stint with Worl ...
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Conor Knighton
Conor Knighton (born February 1, 1981) is an American actor, host, and television producer. He is currently a correspondent for ''CBS Sunday Morning''. In 2016, Knighton launched "On The Trail," a year-long, cross-country look at America's Nati ...
(born 1981), American actor, host, and television producer
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Dorothea Knighton (1780–1862), English artist
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(born 2004), American sprinter
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Ken Knighton
Kenneth Knighton (born 20 February 1944) is an English former footballer, coach and manager. He is most well known for his spell as manager at Sunderland during which time the club was promoted to the First Division, and he also managed Footb ...
, English former footballer, coach and manager
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Michael Knighton
Michael Knighton (born 4 October 1951) is an English businessman, best known for his involvement in Manchester United and Carlisle United football clubs. Knighton first came to prominence in 1989 for his aborted £20 million bid to buy Manc ...
, English businessman
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Richard Knighton
Air Marshal Sir Richard John Knighton, (born 1969) is a senior Royal Air Force officer and engineer. Since May 2022, he has served as Deputy Commander Capability at Air Command. Previously, he served as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (2015 t ...
(born 1969), senior Royal Air Force officer and engineer
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Robert Wesley Knighton
Robert Wesley Knighton (February 5, 1941 – May 27, 2003) was an American serial killer who, after serving time for kidnapping and manslaughter in Missouri embarked on a four-day, two-state killing spree along with Lawrence Lingle Brittain ( ...
(1941–2003), American serial killer
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Terrance O'Knighton (born 1986), American football coach and former defensive tackle
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William Knighton
Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet, (1776 – 11 October 1836) was Private Secretary to the Sovereign under George IV (1822–1830).
Life
He was born in 1776 at Bere Ferrers in Devon, and studied under his uncle, Dr. Bredall, in Tavistock, ...
(1776 – 1836), English nobleman, Private Secretary to the Sovereign under George IV
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William C. Knighton (1864–1938), American architect
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William Myles Knighton (born 1931), British civil servant
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Zachary Knighton
Zachary Andrew Knighton (born October 25, 1978) is an American actor, most widely known for starring as Dave Rose on the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings''. Prior to that, he co-starred as Dr. Bryce Varley on ABC's science fiction series '' Fla ...
, American actor
Other uses
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West Knighton (disambiguation), multiple uses
*Knighton Woods, part of
Epping Forest
Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London ...
near Buckhurst Hill in Essex, England
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