Chatteris (GB)
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Chatteris is a civil parish and one of four market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely. The town is in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency.
The parish of Chatteris is large, covering 6,099 hectares, and for much of its history was a raised island in the low-lying wetland of the Fens. Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, the town has evidence of settlement from the Neolithic period. After several fires in the 18th and 19th centuries, the majority of the town's housing dates from the late Victorian period onwards, with the tower of the parish church the only medieval building remaining.
Following the draining of the Fens, beginning in the 17th century and completed in the 19th century, the town's economy has been based on agriculture and related industry. Due to its proximity to Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough, the town has emerged as a commuter town. The town had a population of 10,453 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011.
Chatteris was issue with the 892 Post Office numeral in 1887 It had previously been issued to Eton in Buckinghamshire in 1844.
Chatteris
The original Posts office was on High Street.
It then moved to 14 Park Street
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before closing in 1924 when it then moved across the road to 15 Park Street.
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. This building is now the Chatteris Royal Mail Delivery Office.
Currently a smaller office is maintained at Chatteris Stationery shop at 30 High Street.
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Sub-Offices
High Street
Currently a smaller office is maintained at Chatteris Stationery shop at 30 High Street. This is not the original High Street PO.
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