Talk:Westward Ho!

message: Westward Ho! although known by many as a Town it is in fact a Village it has never had a market. See here  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bramanfiles (talk • contribs) 12:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Village not a Town 

message: Westward Ho! is a Village not a Town. see here 
The article here says that the town is named for the novel, however the link from the article about exclamation marks implies that the novel took its name from the town. Clearly only one of these can be correct.
BigHaz 01:12, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: By now, exclamation mark has been changed to make it clear the town is named after the book. What I want to know is, did the town exist before the book, and if so, what was it called before? If not, when was it founded and under what circumstances? The "History" section of this article is pretty scanty on the history. --Angr/ 00:08, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: According to this the town was established in 1863:  Until 1863 Westward Ho! was just pastureland with a few farmhouses and ploughed fields. Bastie 18:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Novel VS Town Name 

message: The first line said
: Westward Ho! is a seaside town in Torridge, Devon, England, near Bideford.
I don't know anyone who would describe a place as being 'in Torridge'. Yes, it's located in the area administered by Torridge District Council, but 'Torridge' is merely an administrative area, as opposed to being a geographical one (with the exception of the River Torridge, but that isn't a geographical area, it's just the name of a river). And it's certainly not used in normal parlance of those who live nearby.
So I've changed it. Feel free to change back if you feel strongly :-)
Guidomax 13:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of 'Torridge' 

message: I'm not sure if anyone is aware of this, but the British Foreign Labour Committee implemented a plan to bring (in total) roughly 78,500 European displaced persons to work in "critical industries" in Britain around 1947.  At the very least there should be a disambiguation here.
For reference, see Paul, Kathleen. Whitewashing Britain (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997), p 72.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.159.40.28 (talk) 16:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Westward Ho! 1947 Foreign Labour Scheme 

message: Anyone know whether the "ho!" was adapted from "hoe" as in nearby martinhoe, trentishoe, etc? 82.10.108.49 (talk) 22:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No.  The town was named after the title of a book.  --HighKing (talk) 13:25, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Westward Hoe?

message: Is it worth mentioning this as an interesting fact? Google maps fails to add an exclamation mark after Ho, thus spelling the village name incorrectly.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Harrychown1989  (talk • contribs) 08:17, 28 February 2011 
:Not interesting, not notable; lots of maps contain errors. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:11, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: And more to the point, its a fabrication as G-maps/G-earth DO use the exclamation point. MrZoolook (talk) 06:16, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Lack of exclamation mark on Google Maps

message: Although WH! is apparently the only place in England/Britain/UK/etc. to rejoice in this particular nomenclature, are there any other locations which end not with a whimper, but with a bang? MinorProphet (talk) 03:46, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! - as mentioned in the article.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:36, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Places whose name includes an exclamation mark