Farthing

Farthing or farthings may refer to:

Coinage

• Farthing (British coin), an old British coin valued one quarter of a penny
  • Half farthing (British coin)
  • Third farthing (British coin)
  • Quarter farthing (British coin)
• Farthing (English coin), the predecessor to the British farthing, prior to the union of England and Scotland
  • English Three Farthing coin
• Farthing (Irish coin), its counterpart among the pre-decimal Irish coins
• Farthing, used in the King James Version and Douay–Rheims translations of the Bible to translate κοδράντης (kodrantes, quadrans) and ἀσσάριον (assarion, as), both Roman coins

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Farthing (magazine), a defunct British science fiction magazine
• Farthing (novel), a 2006 novel written by Jo Walton
• Farthings (Middle-earth), the four quarter divisions of the Shire
• Timothy Farthing, a fictional character from Dad's Army

People

• Alan Farthing (born 1963), British obstetrician and Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Royal Household
• Alfred Farthing (1872–1953), Australian politician
• Alfred Farthing Robbins (1856−1931), British journalist, political biographer and freemason
• Charles Farthing (1953–2014), New Zealand AIDS doctor
• Dan Farthing (born 1969), Canadian wide receiver player of Canadian football in the CFL
• Hugh Farthing (1892–1968), Canadian politician
• Jack Farthing (born 1985), English actor
• John Farthing (1897–1954), Canadian philosopher
• John Farthing (bishop) (1861–1947), Canadian priest and Anglican Bishop of Montreal
• Matt Farthing, British musician and sole member of Stay+
• Michael Farthing (born 1948), British medical researcher
• Paul Farthing (1887–1976), American jurist
• Pen Farthing (born 1969), British former Royal Marines commando
• Robert Farthing (fl. 1394–1397), English politician
• Stephen Farthing (born 1950), British painter
• Walter Farthing (1887–1954), British politician

Places

• Farthing, Wyoming (also known as Iron Mountain), a railroad station and post office in Wyoming
• Farthing Common, a common in East Kent, UK
• Farthing Downs, an open space in Croydon, London, UK
• Farthings of Iceland, historical administrative divisions of Iceland
• Farthings Wood, a woodland in Buckinghamshire, UK
• Farthing Horn, subsidiary ridge of Denali to the north of the main peak
• Stoke Farthing, a hamlet in Wiltshire, England

See also

• All pages with titles containing Farthing
• All pages with titles beginning with Farthing
• Penny farthing (disambiguation)