Farthing or farthings may refer to:

Coinage

Farthing (British coin) The British farthing (from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth) abbreviated ''qua.'' (L. ''quadrans''), was a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, of one shilling, or of one penny; initially minted in copper an ...

, an old British coin valued one quarter of a penny ** Half farthing (British coin) **

Third farthing (British coin) The one-third farthing was a British coin worth of a pound, of a shilling, or of a penny. It was minted in copper in 1827, 1835, and 1844, and in bronze in various years between 1866 and 1913. While exclusively authorised for use in the C ...

Quarter farthing (British coin) The United Kingdom, British quarter farthing was a denomination of Coins of the United Kingdom, sterling coinage worth of a Pound (currency), pound, of a Shilling (British coin), shilling, or of a Penny (British pre-decimal coin), penny. It wa ...

Farthing (English coin) A farthing (derived from the Anglo-Saxon ''feorthing'', a ''fourthling'' or ''fourth part'') was a coin of the Kingdom of England worth one quarter of a penny, of a pound sterling. Such coins were first minted in England in silver in the 13th ...

, the predecessor to the British farthing, prior to the union of England and Scotland ** English Three Farthing coin *

Farthing (Irish coin) The farthing (d) ( ga, feoirling) 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 dur ...

, 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, is an Bible translations into English, English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and publis ...

and Douay–Rheims translations of the Bible to translate κοδράντης (''kodrantes,''

quadrans The quadrans (literally meaning "a quarter") or teruncius ("three unciae") 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 with three p ...

) 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, FRCOG, (born 8 June 1963) is an English obstetrician and gynaecologist and Surgeon-Gynaecologist to Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Household. Career Farthing was born in Winchester, Hampshire. He attended Beacon School in ...

(born 1963), British obstetrician and Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Royal Household *

Charles Farthing Charles Frank Farthing CF (22 April 1953 – 6 April 2014) was a New Zealand doctor who specialised in the treatment of AIDS. He was the medical director of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation from 2001 to 2007. He later worked at Merck Sharp & Dohme ...

(1953–2014), New Zealand AIDS doctor *

Dan Farthing Dan Farthing (born November 10, 1969) is a former Canadian Football League wide receiver who played eleven seasons for the Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatc ...

(born 1969), Canadian wide receiver player of Canadian football in the CFL *

Hugh Farthing Hugh Cragg Farthing (July 17, 1892 – June 8, 1968) was a Canadian provincial level politician, lawyer and judge from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 until 1935 representing the electoral distric ...

(1892–1968), Canadian politician *

Jack Farthing Jack Farthing (born 14 October 1985) is a British actor. Early life Born and raised in North London, Farthing attended two independent schools; the Hall School, Hampstead and Westminster School in central London. He read History of Art at St C ...

(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 Re ...

(1897–1954), Canadian philosopher *

John Farthing (bishop) John Cragg Farthing (13 December 1861 – 6 May 1947) was the Anglican Bishop of Montreal for 30 years during the first half of the twentieth century. Early life and education John Cragg Farthing was born in Toronto to an upper-class Anglican fam ...

(1861–1947), Canadian priest and Anglican Bishop of Montreal *

Matt Farthing Stay+, also known as Stay Positive or Stay Plus (and formerly known as Christian AIDS) is an electronic music act originating from Manchester. Originally loosely termed a 'collective', the act is now known to be the solo project of London-born ...

, British musician and sole member of ''Stay+'' *

Michael Farthing Michael J. G. Farthing (born 1948) is British emeritus professor at the University of Sussex, where he was previously its vice-chancellor (2007–2016). His early academic career was in medicine, specialising in gastroenterology. Following an ...

(born 1948), British medical researcher *

Paul Farthing Paul Farthing (April 12, 1887 – December 2, 1976) was an American jurist. Born in Odin, Illinois, Farthing was blinded in a hunting accident when he was twelve years old. Farthing went to the Illinois School for the Blind. He then received h ...

(1887–1976), American jurist * Robert Farthing ( fl. 1394–1397), English politician *

Stephen Farthing Stephen Farthing (born 16 September 1950) is an English painter and writer on art history. Education Stephen Farthing grew up in London and earned a bachelor's degree from Saint Martin's School of Art in 1973 and a master's degree in painti ...

(born 1950), British painter *

Walter Farthing Walter John Farthing (4 July 1887 – 29 November 1954) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Bridgwater, Farthing became involved in the trade union movement, and founded a trades council in the town. He was elected as the trades coun ...

(1887–1954), British politician

Places

Farthing, Wyoming Farthing, later re-named Iron Mountain, was a small, rural town in Laramie County Wyoming, formerly located southwest of Chugwater in the Chugwater Creek valley. The land where it once stood is now privately owned, part of an extensive ranch. Hi ...

(also known as Iron Mountain), a railroad station and post office in Wyoming *

Farthing Common Farthing Common is an area of common land about 10 km northwest of Folkestone in East Kent. It is one of the highest points of the North Downs at 185 metres above sea level, and was the junction of the ancient trackway along the Dow ...

, 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 of ...

, a down in Croydon, London, UK *

Farthings of Iceland Historically, Iceland was divided into four farthings (''landsfjórðungar'', singular ''landsfjórðungur'') corresponding to the cardinal directions. These were administrative divisions established in 965 for the purpose of organising regional a ...

, historical administrative divisions of Iceland *

Farthings Wood Farthings Wood is an ancient replanted woodland near Little Missenden in the English county of Buckinghamshire. The predominant tree species in the wood is Corsican pine, interspersed with beech, wild cherry, rowan, ash, silver birch, downy ...

, a woodland in Buckinghamshire, UK *Farthing Horn, subsidiary ridge of

Denali Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the thir ...

to the north of the main peak

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