Westward Ho!

== English == === Etymology === Chosen as an unusual name to attract tourists, after Charles Kingsley's best-selling novel Westward Ho! (1855), which was set in nearby Bideford. The phrase itself comes from westward + ho (variant of hey), the call of Thames ferrymen indicating their proffered direction. === Proper noun === Westward Ho! A seaside village in Northam parish near Bideford, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4329). For quotations using this term, see Citations:Westward Ho!. === See also === Westward (Cumbria) Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, another village with an exclamation mark in its name