Chatteris is a civil parish and also one of the four market communities in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens in between Huntingdon, March as well as Ely. The town remains in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. The parish of Chatteris is big, 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 community has evidence of settlement from the Neolithic period. After a number of fires in the 18th as well as 19th centuries, most of the community's housing dates from the late Victorian period onwards, with the tower of the parish church the only middle ages structure remaining. Following the draining pipes of the Fens, starting in the 17th century as well as completed in the 19th century, the community's economic climate has actually been based on farming as well as associated industry. As a result of its proximity to Cambridge, Huntingdon and also Peterborough, the town has emerged as a commuter community. The community had a population of 10,453 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011.