Chatteris is a civil church and also among the four market towns in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire, England, located in The Fens between Huntingdon, March as well as Ely. The town is in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. The parish of Chatteris is big, covering 6,099 hectares, and for much of its history was a raised island in the low-lying wetland of the Fens. Pointed out in the Domesday Book of 1086, the town has proof of negotiation from the Neolithic duration. After several fires in the 18th and 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 building continuing to be. Complying with the draining of the Fens, starting in the 17th century as well as finished in the 19th century, the community's economic situation has actually been based on farming and related sector. As a result of its closeness to Cambridge, Huntingdon as well as Peterborough, the town has actually emerged as a commuter town. The community had a population of 10,453 at the time of the UK Census 2011.