Historical version 13 of Locale Jericho (view current version)
Jericho is the area west of [Walton Street]?, east of the Oxford Canal, south of Juxon Street and north of Worcester place. It takes it's name from "The Jericho House" (now the "Jericho Tavern") – a local inn. The area had been home to iron and brass foundries, the Oxford Canal and the Oxford University Press but Jericho was extensively rebuilt between 1870 and 1940 when tennements and buildings dating from the industrial revolution were demolished.
The Jericho Echo is available online.
OS X co-ord:
450630
OS Y co-ord:
206895
(Latitude:
51.757997
Longitude:
-1.266371)