Isca Dumnoniorum but seems to have gone into decline prior to the Roman withdrawal from Britain . The name "Isca Dumnoniorum" is a Latinization of a native Brittonic name describing flowing water, in reference to the River Exe. More exactly, the name seems to have originally meant "full of fish" (cf. Welsh "pysg", "fish"), although it came to be a simple synonym for water (cf. Scottish whiskey). This is also reflected in the modern Welsh name for Exeter: "Caerwysg" meaning "fortified settlement on the river Uisc". The same name was used for the River Usk (modern ) in southern Wales, causing the
Interurban streetcars in Southern New England Interurban streetcars in Southern New England Southern New England at one time had a large network of street railway lines, including several true interurban streetcars. It was possible to go from New York City to Boston completely on streetcars on at least three routes: via Hartford, Connecticut, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Worcester, Massachusetts; via New London, Connecticut and Worcester, or via New London and Providence, Rhode Island. The majority of streetcar lines in Southern New England ran in mixed traffic on city streets in downtown areas and alongside local highways between towns. Only a smaller number of lines had significant interurban