Isca Hockey Club Isca Hockey Club Isca Hockey Club is a field hockey club that plays in Exeter. The club plays fixtures at various locations including the main campus of the University of Exeter, Blundell's School, Exeter School and King's School, Ottery St Mary. The club runs six men's, five women's, mixed, veterans and junior teams. The men's first X1 play in the England Hockey League Men's Conference West and the women's first X1 play in the England Hockey League Investec Conference West. A three-year sponsorship deal was secured in 2013 with Gilbert Stephens Solicitors. The name Isca originates from Isca Dumnoniorum and
Isca Dumnoniorum Fosse Way, and on the 7th-century Ravenna Cosmography, where it appears as the apparently confused entry of . The fortress was given up around 75 and shortly afterwards its grounds were converted to civilian purposes. The military baths were too large for the local population and were largely demolished, although parts were incorporated into the forum and basilica built on the site. A smaller bathhouse was then built to the southeast. In the late 2nd century, the ditch and rampart defences around the fortress were replaced by a bank and wall enclosing a much larger area, some 92 acres (37