Ferrers Explained

Ferrers may refer to:

People

• The Ferrers family

Notable people

• Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, (1861–1924), British army general
• Elizabeth Ferrers, (c. 1250 – c. 1300), daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
• George Ferrers, (1500? – 1579), Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of 1542
• Henry de Ferrers, Norman soldier may have taken part in the conquest of England
• Norman Macleod Ferrers, (1829–1903), British mathematician
• Robert Ferrers (1373–1396), (c. 1373 – bef. 1396),
• Lady Katherine Ferrers, (1634–1660), highwaywoman
• several people named Walkelin de Ferrers,
  • Walchelin de Ferriers, (died 1201), Norman baron and principal captain of Richard I of England
  • Walkelin de Derby, (c. 1135–1190), Norman lord of Eggington

Noble title

• Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English title created on 1299, fell into abeyance in 1855
• Baron Ferrers of Groby, title in the Peerage of England created in 1300, forfeit in 1554
• see Earl of Derby, title in the Peerage of England, created in 1139
  • Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby,
  • Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby,
  • William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby,
  • William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby,
  • William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby,
  • Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby,
• Earl Ferrers, title in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1711.

Places etc. in England

• Bere Ferrers, Devon, a village
  • Bere Ferrers railway station
• Churston Ferrers, Devon, an historic parish
  • Churston Ferrers Grammar School
• Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, a town
  • Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Higham Ferrers railway station
• Newton Ferrers, Devon, a village
• Newton Ferrers, Cornwall, a former manor
• South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, a town
  • South Woodham Ferrers railway station
• Woodham Ferrers, Essex, a village

See also

• • • Ferrer (disambiguation)