ABOUT JERICHO - VIDEOS
1965-70 street scenes
New sewerage system
Cine films by Jim Wright taken between 1965 and 1970. This was a time when many houses were being demolished. Also, the streets were being dug up to build a new drainage system to prevent flooding.
The origins of Walton?
Walton is derived from "wall town" which was used centuries ago to indicate a location outside the Oxford city walls. The ancient manor of Walton was certainly in existence before the Norman conquest in 1066.
Why Jericho still has such a mix of houses?
Jericho's intriguing mix of housing today owes a lot, to the Residents' Association in the 1960s and 1970s which together with the then Vicar and some local councillors resisted plans to bulldoze the whole area and turn it over to offices and light industrial use.
Diary
Wed 24 Jun - 7.30 pmSt Barnabas Church
Jericho Youth Opera
Sat 27 Jun - 7.00 pmHolywell Music Rooms