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Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple , Bideford , and Bude . It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces westward into Bideford Bay , opposite Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows .
Westward Ho! is an historical novel which celebrates England's victories over Spain in the Elizabethan era. Although originally a political radical, Kingsley had by the 1850s become increasingly conservative and a strong supporter of overseas expansion. [4]
Westward Ho (or Ho!, or Hoe) is an early Jacobean-era stage play, a satire and city comedy by Thomas Dekker and John Webster that was first performed circa 1604. It had an unusual impact in that it inspired Ben Jonson , George Chapman and John Marston to respond to it by writing Eastward Ho , the famously controversial 1605 play that landed ...
Westward Ho is a 1935 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne and Sheila Bromley.It was released by the recently created Republic Pictures and was produced by Paul Malvern, who had previously produced several of Wayne's Westerns under the Lonestar Productions division of Monogram Pictures. [2]
Westward Ho Hotel and Casino was a casino and hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, an unincorporated area of Clark County in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Westward Ho occupied 15 acres, and was the last large motel style property on the Strip.
Westward Ho! was an 1852 clipper that made two very fast passages to San Francisco; 100 days from Boston and New York City. She had a very close race with Neptune's Car , and ended her days in the coolie trade .
The old signal box in use as the Westward Ho! bus station snack bar. Westward Ho! had two platforms of 320 feet length and one foot above rail level, [4] platform lighting, a passing loop of 8 chains allowing three coach trains to pass, [4] a ticket office with waiting rooms and toilet, an 8-lever signal box and a 2-lever ground frame; a waiting room, refreshment room, bookstall, level ...
Westward Ho! is a 1940 British public information film about the evacuation of children during the Second World War, directed by Thorold Dickinson.At the time, evacuation was a controversial policy, and the film was produced with the aim of building support for it.