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unusual facts about Huntsman’s Leap



Albion Falls

The ravine at the Albion Falls has a legend of the Lover's Leap.

Avondale, Auckland

The so-called Avondale spider (Delena cancerides), an introduced species of a spectacular but harmless huntsman spider, was for decades only found in the area surrounding Avondale and thus received its New Zealand name.

Baron Waleran

The name of the barony, with its spelling being a variant of the family name, appears to have been chosen to suggest a possible ancestry from Waleran the Huntsman, feudal baron of West Dean, Wiltshire, at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, which was held by the Waleran family until the death of Walter Walerand in 1200/1 leaving three daughters his co-heiresses.

Botany, New South Wales

Botany also has a large chemical production facility owned by several companies including Huntsman and Orica (previously ICI).

Carboniferous Limestone

Within Pembrokeshire the Carboniferous Limestone forms the spectacular coastal cliffs at St Govan’s Head along from which are features such as Huntsman’s Leap and the Green Bridge of Wales, a natural arch.

CleanFlicks

Robert Huntsman, an attorney and inventor affiliated with Cleanflicks who had a DVD-editing patent pending, was named as the lead plaintiff, so the original short caption for the case was Huntsman v. Soderbergh.

Falfield

The village also includes St George's Church, The Huntsman Inn, a village hall, a small shop, a car dealership and several farms as well as 1st Falfield Scout Association who are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2013 and include a branch of the Girl Guides.

George Alex Stevens

His first successful song was "The Huntsman", sung by Dan Leno at a Royal Command Performance before King Edward VII in 1901.

Giaconda Winery

Throughout the 1970s Rick Kinzbrunner, a mechanical engineer, travelled and spent time with wineries in New Zealand, the USA and France including Stag's Leap, Simi Winery and the owners of Chateau Petrus, the Moueix group.

Heathmont College

Chris Hemsworth - Actor (Star Trek, Home & Away, The Avengers, Snow White and the Huntsman and Thor).

Huntsman Corporation

In June 2007, it was announced that Huntsman had agreed to be acquired by Access Industries, owned by the billionaire Len Blavatnik, for $5.88 billion in cash.

Huntsman Gay Global Capital

Huntsman Gay Global Capital which was originally named Huntsman Gay Capital Partners, has offices in Salt Lake City, Utah, West Palm Beach, Florida, Foxborough, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California.

James Hogue

His real identity was exposed when Renee Pacheco, a former classmate from his days as "Huntsman" at Palo Alto High School, recognized him.

Jon Huntsman

Jon Huntsman, Sr. (born 1937), corporate executive and philanthropist (father of Jon Huntsman, Jr.)

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

A few weeks later, Huntsman went on a 10 day business trip to Asia with his friend U.S. Senator Jake Garn, who was chairman of Governor Bangerter's campaign.

Lionel Sadleir-Jackson

He pursued his interests during his retirement, being a keen huntsman and big game hunter as well as an excellent polo player (in 1910 he co-wrote Hints on Polo Combination, with Walter Buckmaster).

Michele Christiansen

When Huntsman left the governorship in 2009 to be the United States Ambassador to China, Huntsman chose Christiansen to swear him in.

Nebula Man

In addition, his role as the horned Huntsman of the Sheeda has elements of characters from Celtic mythology such as the horned god Cernunnos and later legends such as the King of the Wild Hunt and Herne the Hunter.

Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona

Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona (born 10 June 1857), was a Huntsman-Major of the Court of the King of Sweden, Major of the Swedish Army, etc., son of Conrad Victor Ankarcrona (1823–1912), Grand Master of the Court of the King of Sweden, etc., and wife and cousin (m. 1851) Ebba Charlotta, Grefvinnan Bielke (1828–1911).

Princess Winona

Princess Winona (Princess We-Noh-Nah) is the central Native American character in a "Lover's Leap" romantic legend set at Maiden Rock on the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin in the United States.

Robert Huntsman

Huntsman had registered the domain "qq.com" as early as 1995, which was sold to Asian internet giant Tencent whose primary product is the online messaging service known simply as "QQ".

Robert Smith Surtees

His memorable Geordie, James Pigg in Handley Cross is based on Joe Kirk, a Slaley huntsman.

Snow White's Scary Adventures

Voice cast for the 1994-2012 version of the ride: (open to clarification) Magic Mirror - Tony Jay; The Queen - Susanne Blakeslee; The Witch - Louise Chamis; The Huntsman - Peter Renaday; Snow White - Mary Kay Bergman; Doc - Jim Cummings; Sneezy - Corey Burton; Happy - Kevin Schon; Bashful - Jeff Bennett.

Sparassus argelasius

Olios argelasius, a huntsman spider found in the Mediterranean Basin

Wintour's Leap

In fact, Wintour did escape from the Roundheads by using the river nearby on two separate occasions, but from less spectacular positions at Lancaut and Sedbury.

Wintour's Leap is named after Royalist Sir John Wintour who, hotly pursued on his horse by Parliamentary forces, according to local myth survived a leap off the cliff and, landing safely in the Wye below, swam to safety in the nearby Chepstow Castle.


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