Albion (disambiguation)

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Albion is an alternative and archaic name for Great Britain or England.

Albion may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Albion, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
Albion Park, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
Albion, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne

Canada

Albion, British Columbia, a neighbourhood of Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Albion, Ontario
Albion Township, Ontario, a township in Peel County (now Peel Region), Ontario, Canada
Mount Albion, Ontario, a village located in the County of Wentworth
Mount Albion, Prince Edward Island

France

the plateau d'Albion in the Vaucluse, France, a former site of French nuclear missile silos

Guyana

Albion, Guyana

Mauritius

Albion, Mauritius, a village in the district of Rivière Noire, Mauritius

United States

Albion, California, a town in Mendocino County
Albion, Idaho, a city in Cassia County
Albion, Illinois, a city in Edwards County
Albion, Indiana, a town in Noble County
Albion, Iowa, a city in Marshall County
Albion, Kansas, a ghost town
Albion, Maine, a town in Kennebec County
Albion, Michigan, a city in Calhoun County
Albion, an early name for Minneapolis, Minnesota
Albion, Nebraska, a city in Boone County
Albion, New Jersey, an unincorporated area in Camden County
Albion (village), New York
Albion (town), Orleans County, New York
Albion, Oswego County, New York
Albion, Oklahoma, a town in Pushmataha County
Albion, Pennsylvania, a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania
Albion (Winnsboro, South Carolina), listed on the NRHP in South Carolina
Albion, Washington, a town in Whitman County
Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin, a town
- Albion (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Albion, Jackson County, Wisconsin, a town
Albion, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, a town
Albion Township (disambiguation) (several)
New Albion, New York, a town in Cattaraugus County
Nova Albion, Francis Drake's name for the North American Pacific coast when he landed near San Francisco

Comics

Albion (comics), a 2005 six issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore, Leah Moore and John Reppion
Albion, a Marvel Comics character and X-Men villain in the New Excalibur series

Literature

Albion (journal), a historical journal focusing on British history
Albion (Blake), a character in the poetry of William Blake
Perfidious Albion, a phrase meaning "treacherous Britain"
Albion’s England, a long historical poem on the history of England published in 1586 by William Warner (poet)
Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination, a non-fiction work by Peter Ackroyd
Albion's Seed, a historical treatise on the early migrations to America from the British Isles by David Hackett Fischer
Albion (novel series), a trilogy of novels of Arthurian Britain by Patrick McCormack
The Song of Albion, a trilogy of novels by Stephen Lawhead
The Journal of Albion Moonlight" (1941), a novel by Kenneth Patchen

Music

Down in Albion, the debut album of the Babyshambles
- Albion (song), a single from the album
Albion (album), a 2013 album by the Ginger Wildheart Band
The Albion Band, a former English folk band formed in 1972 by Ashley Hutchings
Albion, an alias used by Ferry Corsten, electronic music producer/DJ
"Albion", a musical piece by Jan Van der Roost
"Old Albion", a song by Skrewdriver
"Albion Polka", op. 102 by Johann Strauss II
Albion Records, a European record label

Organizations

Albion College, a liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan, USA
Albion Dockyard, a shipbuilding yard in Bristol operated by Charles Hill & Sons from 1848 to 1977
Albion Shipping Company, a shipping line founded in Glasgow in 1858; became The Shaw, Savill & Albion Line in 1882
Albion Machinery, a brand used by David Brown Ltd. (tractors) for agricultural machinery built by them
Albion Motors, a vehicle manufacturer based in Glasgow, Scotland from 1899 to 1980
Operation Albion, the German invasion and conquest in 1917 of the Estonian Islands of Saaremaa (Ösel), Hiiumaa (Dagö) and Muhu (Moon)
Albion Swords, a company based in New Glarus, Wisconsin manufacturing European sword replicas
New Albion Brewing Company, a microbrewery that operated from 1976 to 1982

Ships

HMS Albion, the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy
Albion (wherry), a preserved Norfolk trading wherry

Sport

Albion forms part of the name of numerous football and rugby clubs around the British Isles:

Albion Rovers F.C., a Scottish Football League team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge
Albion Rovers F.C. (Newport), a Welsh football team from the city of Newport
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton & Hove, Sussex
Burton Albion F.C., a professional English association football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
Plymouth Albion R.F.C., a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England
Stirling Albion F.C., a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish First Division
West Bromwich Albion F.C., an English professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands.
Tadcaster Albion A.F.C., an English football club based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, formed in 1892

Some sports clubs outside the British Isles also share this name:

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) in New Zealand, reputedly the oldest continuously existing cricket club in either New Zealand or Australia

Television

Albion, a floating island nation in the anime series The Familiar of Zero
Albion, Robin Hood's sword in the TV series Robin of Sherwood, one of the mystical "Seven Swords of Wayland"
Albion (Gundam), a fictional ship in the Gundam 0083 anime series
Lancelot Albion, a Knightmare Frame mecha from anime series Code Geass
Albion, is the name of a Killtgang in the anime series Captain Earth

Video games

Albion (video game), a 1995 single player computer role-playing game developed and published by Blue Byte Software for MS-DOS
Albion, the fictional setting of the Fable video game series, thought to represent the archaic England
Albion, a setting in the video game Destroy All Humans! 2, which is located in England, and resembles London in many ways
Albion, one of the three factions in the MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot.

Other

Alebion, sometimes called "Albion", a son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
Albion (Warhammer), an island that represents the British Isles in the table-top fantasy wargame Warhammer
Albion, human kingdom under the reign of King Erik in the movie Jack the Giant Slayer
Albion (astronomy), an astronomical instrument constructed by Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans, in 1326