Chatteris
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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 (kingdom, authority)
- a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chatteris
- 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
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
