1754: -cester, -chester, and -ceter Oct 3, 2019

Without English spelling, we would lose a lot of obvious history. Famously the spellings of 'Worcester' and Leicester' look nothing like how they're pronounced, but they come from 'castre' meaning 'castle; fort' like in 'Lancaster' etc.. In fact, almost all of the British '-cester' are reduced to '-ster' in pronunciation. Still, there are also other ways this has developed in spelling, like '-chester' in 'Manchester', '-cetter' like 'Mancetter', or also '-xeter' in 'Exeter'.

See more on language change and English spelling: https://youtu.be/kA7mMfX3Bh0