Thanks for taking OCEAN VIEW's NICKEL TOUR

Ocean View was named in the 19th century; <==Click thumbnail. Today you view the lower end of the bay from our beaches but once, houses at the east end of the resort area overlooked the Atlantic Ocean beyond Cape Henry.

On naming Norfolk and neighboring areas: The name origin of Virginia (for England's "Virgin Queen" - Elizabeth I ); Williamsburg (King William III) Jamestown (King James I) and Newport News (Christopher Newport).

Other origins were of the peoples who first settled; U.S. east coast names quite naturally, derived from merrie olde England. For example, Wessex was the area where West Saxons lived, Sussex where the South Saxons lived. Relevantly, many names related to a combination of folk and elements: Norfolk indicated where 'Northern People' lived and 'Southern People' inhabited Suffolk.

Nearly self-explanatory is Portsmouth (Port's mouth) but less clearly, Hampton arose from (OE) ham-tun (ham=home; tun=farm enclosure) or homestead with good manure.

Chesapeake is a name derived from the Indians. Incidentally, when Bartholomew Gilbert (for King James I) explored our area in 1603, he learned the Indian phrase for "the great water", K'tchisipik which he translated as Chesapeake. Possibly, people and place names obfuscate 'chicken or egg' issues.

York from 'yew-tree estate' (or Duke of York), Langley Long (OE) wood or clearing (OE) leah (or more certainly, Samuel Pierpont Langley) and of course our own Captain Willoughby.

Our most sincere thanks to all sending in questions, comments and memories. All pages are updated frequently (visitors contribute wonderful photos & thoughts). You'll want to tour often, for the latest. Graphics are low for faster loading. For higher quality image(s) by email: specify page & caption; if available, we'll send your digitized request. Before making a request, click free wallpaper icons (at left & right) for most-requested images.

Age & beauty are simply, art-- moreso now, since we've been around the block; we have difficulty recognizing ourselves in the mirror. Still, self-loathing isn't the answer. Botox and lipo isn't either. Character settles into the lines and should be cherished and honored. We celebrate our history here, and Tour 6 email overwhelmingly agrees with us; but more, it encourages us to continue in praise of where we've been. Some are seemingly ashamed of our history and apparently want to cleanse it with PR that actually may be counterproductive, even to their ends of promoting development which homogenizes what we were and expect to be. Hopefully, the Tour can encourage more of us to rethink where we are going. Click thumbnail to enlarge; for glorious detail==>
Lest an occasional reader assumes by this, we want to return to the stone ages, see airport notes.

We appreciate all forms of feedback, from suggestions on navigation, to comments on areas of interest. This is your Ocean View, and your site. We're currently wanting images of Lewter's at Oscar's Beach and have tried to contact original owners of the Ebb Tide, for images we've heard about. Corrections, comments & memories are the lifeblood of this site.

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