Chatteris
Chatteris is a civil church and also among the 4 market communities in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens in between Huntingdon, March and Ely. The town remains in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. The parish of Chatteris is huge, covering 6,099 hectares, as well as for much of its history was an increased island in the low-lying wetland of the Fens. Discussed in the Domesday Book of 1086, the town has proof of negotiation from the Neolithic period. After a number of fires in the 18th and also 19th centuries, the majority of the town's housing dates from the late Victorian period onwards, with the tower of the parish church the only medieval structure continuing to be. Adhering to the draining of the Fens, beginning in the 17th century and also finished in the 19th century, the town's economy has actually been based upon farming as well as related market. Because of its proximity to Cambridge, Huntingdon and also Peterborough, the community has actually emerged as a commuter town. The town had a population of 10,453 at the time of the UK Census 2011.