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21 unusual facts about Albion


Albion

Albion is used as the name of a floating island nation in the world of the anime, "Zero no Tsukaima"

Albion is the human kingdom under the reign of King Erik as the movie opens the land of the giants remains unnamed in Jack the Giant Slayer

Albion, California

Albion was named in 1844, as a reference to when Sir Francis Drake landed on the northern California coast and called it New Albion.

Miles Standish (a direct descendant of the famous pilgrim) and Henry Hickey purchased the lumber company in 1891.

The name is an ancient word for Britain, which stems from the Latin word albus, meaning white, referring to the White Cliffs of Dover.

Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin

Freeborn Sweet was the first settler of the Town of Albion, migrating from Oneida County, New York in August, 1841.

Among faculty members at this school were the famed Swedish-American naturalist, Thure Kumlien, and the Norwegian-American author and diplomat, Rasmus Anderson.

Albion, Guyana

The Albion Sports Complex is an entertainment and sports venue in Berbice, Guyana.

Albion, Illinois

George Frederick Pentecost, prominent clergyman, evangelist and co-worker with revivalist D.L. Moody

Albion, Pennsylvania

He then went on to play college football for four years at Eastern Michigan University.

The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad passes through Albion on its way to the P & C Dock Company in Conneaut, Ohio.

Albion, Queensland

In wealth terms, the median weekly individual income in Albion is approximately A$200 higher than the Australian average, and a median weekly family income A$220 higher.

Albion: An Anthology

ALBION is a 2009 album recorded by the English folk musician and composer Chris Wood and released on the Navigator Records label.

Charles L. Shearer

He also served as director of operations and as the first director of the liberal arts program in management at Albion College in Albion, Michigan.

Cornwell Tools

Cornwell produces most of their own hard line of tools such as ratchets, sockets, wrenches, pry bars, and chisels at their Albion, Pennsylvania and Mogadore, Ohio plants.

David Ober

Ober is a sixth-generation Hoosier who grew up in rural Albion, Indiana.

Dushanbe Zoo

Student pen-pals at schools in Dushanbe and Albion, Indiana brainstormed ways to increase safety at the zoo, and to improve the zoo in general.

Morris Birkbeck Pell

Morris Birkbeck Pell (31 March 1827, Albion, Illinois, USA — 7 May 1879, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia) was an American-Australian mathematician, academic, government advisor, lawyer and actuary.

New Albion, New York

:Not to be confused with Albion, New York

Sherry Glaser

Glaser now lives with her current wife, Sheba Love, in Albion, California.

The Goodrich Club

The Goodrich Club is a co-op located at 402 East Porter Street in Albion, Michigan.


1967 Football League Cup Final

Any QPR attack stagnated once someone attempted to pass the ball through to Rodney Marsh or Les Allen, who were overwhelmed by the numbers of Albion defensive players.

1978–79 Football League

Albion's playing staff included some of the most competent young players in the league, including Bryan Robson, Brendan Batson, Cyrille Regis and Laurie Cunningham.

Albion Motors

Albion Automotive of Scotstoun, Glasgow is a former Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer, currently involved in the manufacture and supply of Automotive component systems.

Albion State Normal School

Albion Normal offered a two-year teacher training program until 1947, when it was renamed "Southern Idaho College of Education" (SICE) and authorized to confer baccalaureate degrees.

Albion–Jacana railway line

The only passenger services using the line are the daily NSW TrainLink XPT on the standard gauge line, and occasional broad gauge V/Line services during disruptions of the main line though Essendon.

Andrew J. Hickey

Born in Albion, New York, Hickey attended the public schools of his native city and Buffalo (New York) Law School.

Blue Albion

The original breeds used in the breeding of the Blue Albion are thought to have been Shorthorn, Welsh Black and British Friesian cattle.

Calhoun County, Michigan

Greyhound Lines provides intercity bus service to the county in both Battle Creek and Albion.

Centaur-class aircraft carrier

This was produced in the UK between 1959 and 1965, carrying the names of Albion, Bulwark and Centaur, and again in a more detailed Hornby Minic Ships version of Bulwark made in Hong Kong between 1975 and 1980.

Craig Shakespeare

Albion were promoted in 1993, but Shakespeare moved to Grimsby Town, rejoining Alan Buckley under whom he had played at Walsall.

Frank Whitcombe Jr

Frank Whitcombe Jr is the son of the Bradford Northern & Great Britain international Rugby League player Frank Whitcombe was the nephew of the association footballer for Cardiff City, and baseball captain for Wales George Whitcombe and the baseball player for Grange Albion, Teddy Whitcombe.

Geraldine Walther

Geraldine Walther’s recordings include Paul Hindemith's Trauermusik and Der Schwanendreher with the San Francisco Symphony (both on London/Decca), Paul Chihara's Golden Slumbers with the San Francisco Chamber Singers (Albany), and Lou Harrison's Threnody (New Albion).

Ghosts of Albion

His words are soon confirmed when they are soon introduced to the ghosts of the poet Lord Byron (Joseph McFadden), Admiral Nelson (Anthony Daniels), and Queen Bodicea (Emma Samms), also mystical protectors of Albion.

Guy U. Hardy

Born in Abingdon, Illinois, Hardy attended the public schools, Albion Normal College in Albion, Illinois, and Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.

James Shipton

Following established coal and flour milling operations alongside Brindley's newly constructed Birmingham Canal at Albion Wharf, Wolverhampton, James and Maurice Shipton opened a carrier service in 1821, followed by a timber wharf in 1827.

Joe Gatting

Gatting is the son of former Brighton & Hove Albion defender Steve Gatting and nephew of former England cricket captain Mike Gatting.

Joe Spiteri

Spiteri played at club level in Australia, Austria, Belgium and Sweden for Albion Rovers, Parramatta Eagles, Melbourne Knights, Sturm Graz, Lierse, IFK Norrköping, Sydney Olympic, Marconi Stallions and Kingston City.

John Horton

Jack Horton (1866–1946), English footballer with West Bromwich Albion F.C.

K-class ferry

Both the Kulleet and the Klatawa were owned and operated by Metro Vancouver's Transportation Authority, TransLink, and they ran the Albion ↔ Fort Langley route on the Fraser River, between the Maple Ridge suburb of Albion on the North, to McMillan Island in Fort Langley, to the south.

On July 31, 2009, the Albion Ferry shut down after the opening of the Golden Ears Bridge.

Magic Valley Christian College

The college closed its Albion campus after the spring 1969 term and relocated to Baker City, Oregon, where it was renamed Baker College.

Mangotsfield United F.C.

Darren Carr Mangotsfield United, Bristol Rovers, Newport County, Sheffield United, Crewe Alexandra, Chesterfield, Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion.

Mark Albion

From 2009 to 2010, Albion served in the Office of the President to help integrate social values and sustainability into the college, and founded the inaugural AshokaU Changemaker Campus Team at Babson College.

Mike Gatting

Steve's son, Joe, played for Brighton & Hove Albion, having progressed from their youth scheme, however he is now a professional cricket player with Sussex.

Mount Albion complex

LoDaisKa Site, Magic Mountain, Mount Albion, Helmer Ranch in Douglas County, and Yarmony House in Eagle County, Colorado are examples of the Mount Albion complex.

Peter Crerar

Today the Albion Mines Railway is commemorated by the “Samson Trail” following the route of the old railway from the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry along the East River towards Abercrombie.

Robot Archie

Called Albion, the series is plotted by Alan Moore, and written by Leah Moore and John Reppion, with art by Shane Oakley and George Freeman.

Ronnie Sewell

Sewell was born at Wingate, County Durham and started off by playing for Wingate Albion, a local amateur team.

Shane Oakley

Oakley is probably best known for his co-creation of the Wildstorm mini series Albion, with Alan Moore, Leah Moore, and John Reppion which ran from 2005 until 2006.

Shoppers World

Shoppers World Danforth and Shoppers World Albion (now the Albion Centre), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Son of Morris On

Son of Morris On is an electric folk album released in 1976 under the joint names of Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol, John Tams, Phil Picket, Michael Gregory, Dave Mattacks, Shirley Collins, Martin Carthy, John Watchem, John Rodd, The Albion Morris Men, Ian Cutler, and the Adderbury Village Morris Men.

Tamas

Gabriel Tamaș (born 1983), Romanian footballer, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion

William Fitts Ryan

He attended Albion public schools for his elementary and secondary education, and graduated 1940 from the Woodberry Forest School in Virginia.

Windsor, Queensland

It contained the suburbs of Lutwyche, Wilston Albion, Swan Hill, Eildon, O'Connell Town, The Grange and Wooloowin and portions of Kedron, Newmarket, Queensland, and Eagle Junction.

Wisconsin Highway 106

It runs west–east in southeastern Wisconsin between Albion and Palmyra.