Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Westward Ho

Westward Ho, coast vil., Northam par., Devon, on E. side of Bideford Bay, 3 miles NW. of Bideford; P.O., T.O.; was founded about the year 1867, and has risen rapidly in favour as a watering-place, for which it possesses many facilities, including a fine beach of firm sands, spacious baths, a hotel, and numerous villas and lodging houses. Westward Ho College (opened in 1873) is a military school. Northam Burrows here form excellent links for golfing.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northam AP/CP       Devon AncC
Place: Westward Ho!

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