Chatteris is a civil church as well as among the 4 market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens in between Huntingdon, March as well as Ely. The community is in the North East Cambridgeshire legislative constituency. The church of Chatteris is huge, covering 6,099 hectares, and also for much of its background was a raised island in the low-lying wetland of the Fens. Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, the community has evidence of negotiation from the Neolithic duration. After numerous fires in the 18th and 19th centuries, most of the town's real estate dates from the late Victorian period onwards, with the tower of the parish church the only middle ages building continuing to be. Adhering to the draining pipes of the Fens, beginning in the 17th century and also completed in the 19th century, the town's economic situation has been based on farming and also relevant market. Due to its distance to Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough, the community has become a commuter community. The town had a population of 10,453 at the time of the UK Census 2011.