ABOUT JERICHO - HISTORY
"We had a lovely lot of little shops all owned by individual people. You went in with your penny - and turned it over three times before you could decide what you would spend it on. There was a shop on every corner. We had a church. We had the schools. We had the shops - and a lot of pubs. And even clothes. People say 'Oh you couldn't buy clothes', but there was Capes in Walton Street. I know it wasn't a big shop, and it wasn't fashionable, but you could buy anything. And at the top of the road was a cinema, which was then called the Scala. We even had our own undertaker, Mr Shirley. Jericho was a complete village. "
Ivy Stone. "My earliest memory of Jericho is of the dairy on the corner of Cranham Street and Albert Street. He delivered milk to the door on a motor bike and sidecar. The owner had two churns on the side car, with two measures hooked on the side, either a pint or a half pint. He used to dip in, and slop out into your jug. "When my grandfather lived in 53 Wellington Street he was called a beer retailer. In the list of occupations in the old street directories of Jericho there were a whole crowd of beer retailers. They just sold it by the jug from their own homes." John Taylor
Where we work?
According to the 2001 Census, in Jericho 28% of those working were self-employed, while 18% worked part time. Around 20% were in higher professional occupations compared with 14% for Oxford. We also tend to work nearby: 72% of people worked within five kilometres of their home; 18% went to work on foot, 13% by car and 6% by bike
What St Barnabas Church cost to build?
Thomas Combe the Superintendent of OUP and it was he who commissioned and paid for the construction of the church in 1869 at a cost of £6,492. All the interior fittings were provided for about £900. The campanile was erected in 1872 for £800.