Albion (disambiguation)

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. Its major population centre was Bolton. Albion Township was consolidated along with Caledon Township and the upper half of Chinguacousy Township into the Town of Caledon
• 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

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, 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

Proper names, institutions, and brands

• Albion (astronomy), an astronomical instrument constructed by Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans, in 1326
• Albion Hat & Cap Co Pty Ltd, Australian makers of cricket helmets and Baggy green caps
• 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. The company was started in Washington D.C. by Howard and Amy Waddell in 1998

Ships

• HMS Albion, the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy
• Albion (wherry), a preserved Norfolk trading wherry
• SS Albion Star, a 7,920 ton refigerated cargo liner; launched in 1919, broken-up in 1948

Sport

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

• Albion Rovers F.C., a Scottish football team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, who are currently playing in the Scottish Football League third division
• Albion Rovers F.C. (Newport), a Welsh football team from the city of Newport, who from 1993 to 2005 played in the Welsh Football League. At the end of the 2004–05 season, they were relegated to the Gwent County League.
• Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., an English professional association football club based in the coastal 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. The club was founded around 1915 from a merger between Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC.
• 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

Music

• Down in Albion, the debut album of the Babyshambles
  • Albion (song), a single from the album
• 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

Mythology

• Alebion, sometimes called "Albion", a son of Poseidon in Greek mythology

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

Popular culture, fantasy, computer games

• Lancelot Albion, a Knightmare Frame mecha from Code Geass, piloted by Suzaku Kururugi
• Albion (Gundam), a fictional ship in the Gundam 0083 anime series
• 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
• Albion (Warhammer), an island that represents the British Isles in the table-top fantasy wargame Warhammer
• Albion, the fictional setting of the Fable video game series, thought to represent the archaic England
• Albion (video game), a 1995 single player computer role-playing game developed and published by Blue Byte Software for MS-DOS
• Albion, a setting in the video game Destroy All Humans! 2, which is located in England, and resembles London in many ways

See also

• Albiones, pre-Roman Celtic tribe of the Iberian Peninsula