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Historicaly this is an important place on the canal network. It was owned and used by Cadbury's and they were one of the last of the big companies to use the canals, and because it was Canbury's it was to do with making Chocalate. The Knighton factory produced around 29,000 tonnes of powder per annum.
In 1660 Knighton was exempted from the payment of all civil and military taxes. Cadburys’ built a milk processing factory at Knighton in 1911, attracted by the rates exemption. Cadbury operated the wharf up to the 1960s and the exemption from rates for Knighton continued as late as the 1970s although this also meant that not all local public services were supplied to the village.
And in July 2011 NB Dawn passed through on it's way round the 4 counties ring!
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