ABOUT JERICHO - HISTORY
Jericho history
Jericho was Oxford's first planned suburb. Here is a selection of articles about its history.
A brief history of Jericho
The origins of the name Jericho remain clouded in the mists of time.
Jan 07 2013
The origins of the name Jericho remain clouded in the mists of time.
Oxford Boy - A Post-war Townie Childhood
Will Wyatt, former BBC Managing Director, remembers shopping in Walton Street
Oct 03 2018
Will Wyatt, former BBC Managing Director, remembers shopping in Walton Street
Happy days at the Scala
97-year-old Martin Selwood, projectionist at The Phoenix (then The Scala) from 1930-1931, recalls the arrival of the ‘talkies’.
Nov 23 2013
97-year-old Martin Selwood, projectionist at The Phoenix (then The Scala) from 1930-1931, recalls the arrival of the ‘talkies’.
A Jericho childhood
Jo Elvidge, now living in Frome, Somerset, recently revisited Jericho, and has written these recollections.
May 03 1998
Jo Elvidge, now living in Frome, Somerset, recently revisited Jericho, and has written these recollections.
Traces of ancient Walton
An excavation behind a house in Walton Street offered a glimpse of a late-Saxon settlement and a medieval farmhouse.
Dec 06 1996
An excavation behind a house in Walton Street offered a glimpse of a late-Saxon settlement and a medieval farmhouse.
Living memories ... St. Giles Fair
Reminiscences recorded as part of an adult education class in Jericho.
Oct 05 1996
Reminiscences recorded as part of an adult education class in Jericho.
Living memories ... shops and shopping
Reminiscences recorded as part of an adult education class in Jericho
May 10 1996
Reminiscences recorded as part of an adult education class in Jericho
Did you know?
Margaret Thatcher used to live here?
In her Oxford days, she lived at 12 Richmond Road. It is alleged she shared the house with two red-hot communists who lived on a diet of sausages. This may account for her later views on socialists and known dislike of sausages.
Cranham Street used to be a blot on the city
Before Grantham House was built, the site became notoriously derelict, making Cranham Street according to the local press a ‘blot on the city’ – wrecked by local children, and a refuge for rats and for ‘layabouts sleeping off the drink’ who were repeatedly evicted by the police.
Diary
OUP Spring Concert 2026
Wed 18 Mar - 7.30 pm
St Barbabas Church
Grief Table
Tue 07 Apr - 6.15 pm
The Coffee Gulld
Monthly litter pick
Keeping Jericho tidy
Saturday 4 April - 10:00 AM
Jericho Community Centre
Wed 18 Mar - 7.30 pmSt Barbabas Church
Grief Table
Tue 07 Apr - 6.15 pmThe Coffee Gulld
Monthly litter pick
Keeping Jericho tidy
Saturday 4 April - 10:00 AM
Jericho Community Centre