Chatham

Chatham may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

In England (UK)

• Chatham, Kent, a town
  • Chatham railway station
  • Chatham Dockyard, frequently referred to simply as "Chatham"
  • Chatham Historic Dockyard, a maritime museum that occupies part of the site of Chatham Dockyard
  • Raid on the Medway, also known as Battle of Chatham, a decisive Dutch naval attack during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
  • Chatham (UK Parliament constituency), existed 1832–1950
• Chatham (ward), of the London Borough of Hackney
• Chatham Green, Essex

In the United States

• Chatham, Alaska, known after its Chatham Seaplane Base
• Chatham, Connecticut, the name for East Hampton, Connecticut up to 1915
• Chatham, Delaware
• Chatham, Florida, an unincorporated community within the Everglades National Park
• Chatham County, Georgia, a coastal county
• Chatham, Illinois, a village
  • Chatham, Chicago, a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois
• Chatham, Iowa
• Chatham, Bracken County, Kentucky
• Chatham, Louisiana
• Chatham, Massachusetts, a town on Cape Cod
• Chatham, Michigan
• Chatham, Mississippi
• Chatham, New Hampshire
• Chatham Borough, New Jersey
• Chatham Township, New Jersey, a township that adjoins the borough
• Chatham (town), New York
  • Chatham (village), New York
  • Chatham (NYCRR station), a former New York Central Railroad train station
• Chatham County, North Carolina
• Chatham, Virginia
• Chatham Garden Theatre, New York City
• Chatham Manor a mansion in Virginia that was built between 1768 and 1771, a popular tourist destination
• Chatham Square, Manhattan
• Chatham Strait, in Alaska
• Chatham Theatre, New York City
• Chatham University, a university in Pittsburgh
• Chatham Village, Pennsylvania, a National Historic Landmark and community in Pittsburgh

In Canada

• Chatham, New Brunswick
  • the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Chatham
• Chatham, Ontario
• Chatham, Quebec, a former municipality now part of Brownsburg-Chatham
  • Chatham-Kent, a municipality
• Chatham Islands (British Columbia), off Oak Bay, British Columbia
  • Chatham Indian Reserve No. 4, an Indian Reserve on those islands

Elsewhere

• Chatham Islands, New Zealand
• Chatham Island, a former name for San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
• Chatham Island (Andaman), small island just off Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
• Chatham Island (Western Australia), off the South coast of Western Australia near Walpole
• Chatham Road, a road in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong

People

politics

• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778), English statesman, known toponymically as Chatham^[1]
• Richard Thurmond Chatham (1896–1957), American politician

arts

• Rhys Chatham (born 1952), American musician
• Russell Chatham (born 1939), American landscape artist

sports

• Charles Chatham (1910–1994), English cricketer
• Ray Chatham (1924–1999), English footballer

Ships

• HMS Chatham, fifteen ships of the Royal Navy, named after the port of Chatham, Medway, UK
• USS Chatham, four ships of the U.S. Navy

Other

• Chatham (grocer), a defunct US grocery chain
• Chatham (horse), Australian thoroughbred racehorse that raced from 1931 to 1934
• Chatham (racehorse), British racehorse that took part in the 1995 Grand National
• Chatham (Victorian racehorse) British racehorse that took part in the 1849 Grand National
• Chatham (film), directed by Daniel Adams

See also

• Earl of Chatham, a peerage in England
• Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham, titled Baroness Chatham
• Chatham House, formerly the Royal Institute of International Affairs
• Chatham Standard Time Zone, a time zone in New Zealand, used in the Chatham Islands
• The Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout association football competition

Disambiguation terms

• Chatham County
• Chatham High School
• Chatham Island
• Chatham railway station

Notes

1. ^ See, e.g., Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Self-Reliance": "That is it which throws thunder into Chatham's voice... ."