Chatteris

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/ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/

proper noun

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).

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proper noun

alternative obsolete Chateriz · alternative obsolete Cheaterizt

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).

Origin

Recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the Middle English forms Cetriz and Cateriz. Theories of its derivation include: * a borrowing from an unattested Old Welsh intermediary of Middle Welsh cadeir (“hill-fort”) and Medieval Latin cathedra, akin to Catterick * a derivation from Old English Ceatta (a personal name, as in St Ceatta) + rīc (kingdom, authority) * a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)

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APA

Chatteris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chatteris

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“Chatteris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chatteris. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chatteris,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chatteris.

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