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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
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