Knighton may mean:

Places in England

* Knighton, Devon, a hamlet in the parish of

Wembury Wembury is a village on the south coast of Devon, England, very close to Plymouth Sound. Wembury is located south of Plymouth. Wembury is also the name of the peninsula in which the village is situated. The village lies in the administrative dis ...

* Knighton, West Dorset, a hamlet in the parish of Beer Hackett * Knighton, Poole, Dorset, a hamlet near

Canford Magna Canford Magna is a village in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The vi ...

* East Knighton, Dorset, a hamlet in the parish of Winfrith * West Knighton, Dorset, a village near Dorchester * Knighton, Isle of Wight, a hamlet * Knighton, Leicester, Leicestershire, a suburb * Knighton, Oxfordshire, a hamlet in the parish of Compton Beauchamp * Knighton, Somerset, a hamlet in the parish of

Stogursey Stogursey is a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater. The village is situated near the Bristol Channel, which bounds the parish on the north. The ...

* Knighton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, a hamlet in the parish of Loggerheads * Knighton, Stafford, Staffordshire, a hamlet in the parish of Adbaston * Knighton, Wiltshire, a hamlet in the parish of Ramsbury * Knighton, Worcestershire, a hamlet in

Inkberrow Inkberrow is a village in Worcestershire, England, often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the fictional setting of BBC Radio 4's long-running series ''The Archers''. In particular, The Bull, the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be ba ...

parish *

Knighton on Teme Knighton on Teme is a village and civil parish once in the hundred of Doddingtree and now in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. Its name is first attested in an eleventh-century manuscript of a charter from c ...

, Worcestershire, village and parish

Places in Wales

Knighton, Powys Knighton ( or ) is a market town and community on the River Teme, straddling the border between Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England. It lies in the traditional county of Radnorshire. Originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement, Knighton is located ...

a market town on the English/Welsh border **

Knighton railway station Knighton railway station serves the border market town of Knighton, Powys, Knighton in Powys, Wales, although the station itself is located in Shropshire, England (the border is immediately adjacent to the south side of the station and runs thro ...

serving the town ** Knighton Town F.C., its football club

People

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 ...

(d. 1396), English churchman and chronicler *

Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond (18 September 1875 – 28 February 1970) was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Arnold, Nottinghamshire as Arthur Henry Hammond. Knighton-Hammond was an English people, English artist best known for landscape painting, ...

(1875–1970), English artist *

Brad Knighton Bradley Burton Knighton (born February 6, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player. He is currently the Goalkeeper coach for Revolution II. College and amateur soccer Knighton played four years of college soccer at UNC-Wilmingto ...

(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 wrestling, professional wrestler. In the early 1990s, he was a part of the tag team The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten. He had ...

Conor Knighton Conor Knighton (born February 1, 1981) is an American actor, host, and television producer. He is a correspondent for ''CBS Sunday Morning''. In 2016, Knighton launched "On The Trail," a year-long, cross-country look at America's National Parks ...

(born 1981), American actor, host, and television producer * Dorothea Knighton (1780–1862), English artist * Erriyon Knighton (born 2004), American sprinter * Ken Knighton, English former footballer, coach and manager *

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 *

Rich Knighton Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard John Knighton, (born 1969) is a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and professional engineer, currently serving as Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the RAF, since 2 June 2023. He previously served ...

(born 1969), senior Royal Air Force officer and engineer *

Robert Wesley Knighton Robert Wesley Knighton (February 5, 1941 – May 27, 2003) was an American serial killer and spree killer who, after serving time for kidnapping and manslaughter in Missouri embarked on a four-day, two-state killing spree along with Lawrence ...

(1941–2003), American serial killer * Terrance O'Knighton (born 1986), American football coach and former defensive tackle * William Knighton (1776 – 1836), English nobleman, Private Secretary to the Sovereign under George IV * William C. Knighton (1864–1938), American architect * William Myles Knighton (born 1931), British civil servant *

Zachary Knighton Zachary Andrew Knighton (born October 25, 1978) is an American actor, best known for starring as Dave Rose on the ABC comedy series ''Happy Endings'' from 2011 to 2013 and as Orville "Rick" Wright in the rebooted version of '' Magnum P.I.'' from ...

, American actor * Tommy Knighton (1942 to 2017), American soul singer

Other uses

* 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 Lond ...

near Buckhurst Hill in Essex, England {{Disambiguation, geo, surname