Farthing or farthings may refer to:
Coinage
*
Farthing (British coin)
The farthing (from Old English ''fēorðing'', from ''fēorða'', a fourth) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny, or of a pound sterling. Initially minted in copper, and then in bronze, it replaced the earlier English farthing. Bet ...
, 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 English farthing (derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''feorthing'', a ''fourthling'' or ''fourth part'') was a English coinage, coin of the Kingdom of England worth of a Penny (English coin), penny, of a pound sterling. Until t ...
, the predecessor to the British farthing, prior to the union of England and Scotland
**
English Three Farthing coin
The silver three- farthing ( d) coin was introduced in Queen Elizabeth I's third and fourth coinages (1561–1582), as part of a plan to produce large quantities of coins of varying denominations and high metal content. It was worth shilling, or ...
*
Farthing (Irish coin)
The farthing (d) () was the lowest value coin of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth a quarter of a penny, of a shilling or of a pound. The coin had lost much of its value through inflation long before decimalisation in 1971, and during the 1960s ...
, its counterpart among the pre-decimal Irish coins
*''Farthing'', used in the
King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English Bible translations, Early Modern English translation of the Christianity, Christian Bible for the Church of England, wh ...
and
Douay–Rheims translations of the Bible to translate κοδράντης (''kodrantes,''
quadrans
The ''quadrans'' () or ''teruncius'' () was a low-value Roman bronze coin worth one quarter of an '' as''. The ''quadrans'' was issued from the beginning of cast bronze coins during the Roman Republic, showing three pellets representing thre ...
) 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
Alan John Farthing (born 1963) is a British gynaecologist, head of the department for gynaecological cancer at Imperial College, and on the list of honorary staff at the King Edward VII's Hospital. He served as Surgeon-Gynaecologist to Queen E ...
(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
John Colborne Farthing (18 March 1897 – 9 March 1954) was a Canadian soldier, thinker, philosopher, economist, teacher, and author of the seminal tract ''Freedom Wears a Crown'', published posthumously. It rather quickly became an epistle of R ...
(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.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
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
Farthing Downs is an open space in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. Together with Eight Acres Common and New Hill to the south-east, it is owned and managed by the Corporation of London. Farthing Downs and Eight Acres Common are part o ...
, 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
Denali (), federally designated as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak on land, measuring . On p. 20 of Helm ...
to the north of the main peak
*
Stoke Farthing, a hamlet in Wiltshire, England
See also
*
*
*
Penny farthing (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation, geo, surname
English-language surnames