<P> It is said that the cheri (street) full of mutton butchers gradually became muttoncheri which is spelled now as mattancherry . Also, it is said that the name Mattancherry comes from "Ancherry Mattom", a Namboodiri illam which the foreign traders then pronounced it as Matt - Ancherry, gradually became Mattancherry . The word cheri in malayalam can be translated ghetto or slum, the word root comes from chernilam which means wetland . The sea level height of city of kochi is very low and almost wetland . </P> <P> Mattancherry is a part of Ernakulam District in Kerala, India . It is a tourist destination . It is surrounded by the backwaters of Arabian Sea . Mattancherry was the first trade hub of the present district . Mattancherry is populated by people from various walks of life and various parts of India and abroad . There are people who have come and settled in Mattancherry from Goa, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and so on . </P> <P> Earlier, Mattancherry was the trade link to Ernakulam . Main trade was on spices such as pepper and turmeric . Tea is also traded . Mattancherry deteriorated mainly since the porters working at various firms had some unaccounted trouble with the merchants . Slowly, the traders moved to Ernakulam as Mattancherry proved to be costly . </P> <P> Mattancherry assembly constituency is part of Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency). </P>

Who started an english school at mattanchery in 1818