Chatteris

English

Alternative forms

• Chateriz (obsolete)
• Cheaterizt (obsolete, used by William Camden)

Etymology

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 (suffix forming proper nouns)
• a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) +‎ *rrɨd (“ford”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/

Proper noun

Chatteris

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

Translations

market town and civil parish in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England

References

• Parish map

Further reading

• Chatteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kelly’s Directory of Cambridgeshire, thirteenth edition, London: Kelly’s Directories Ltd., 1904, s.v. Chatteris, pages 109–113

Anagrams

• chirettas, theatrics