▁Category : Col lege ▁humor ▁mag az ines ▁Category : Mag az ines ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁Category : Mag az ines ▁published ▁in ▁Connecticut ▁Record <0x0A> </s> ▁Il chester ▁is ▁a ▁village ▁and ▁civil ▁parish , ▁situated ▁on ▁the ▁River ▁Ye o ▁or ▁I vel , ▁five ▁miles ▁north ▁of ▁Ye ov il , ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁county ▁of ▁Som erset . ▁Origin ally ▁a ▁Roman ▁town , ▁and ▁later ▁a ▁market ▁town , ▁Il chester ▁has ▁a ▁rich ▁medieval ▁history ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁notable ▁settlement ▁in ▁the ▁county ; ▁around ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁and ▁ 1 3 th ▁centuries ▁it ▁was ▁effectively ▁the ▁county ▁town . ▁It ▁had , ▁however , ▁decl ined ▁in ▁size ▁and ▁importance ▁by ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁mark ets ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁the ▁historic ▁corpor ation ▁that ▁had ▁govern ed ▁the ▁town ▁( the ▁B ail iff ▁and ▁Burg esses ) ▁was ▁dissol ved . ▁ ▁Il chester ▁is ▁altern atively ▁called ▁I vel chester ▁( after ▁the ▁River ▁I vel ) ▁and ▁the ▁elect oral ▁w ard ▁of ▁South ▁Som erset ▁District ▁Council ▁is ▁named ▁I vel chester . ▁ ▁Geography ▁The ▁parish , ▁which ▁includes ▁the ▁former ▁village ▁of ▁So ck ▁Dennis , ▁or ▁Stock - D ennis , ▁and ▁the ▁old ▁parish ▁of ▁North over , ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 2 , 1 5 3 .