Welcome to the Jericho Living Heritage Trust

The Jericho Living Heritage Trust seeks to bring together all aspects of the local community of Jericho. The trust is a vehicle for celebrating the enduring traditions of the neighbourhood and for maintaining the rich and diverse artistic, cultural and industrial heritage for future generations. Painting by Valerie Petts

Announcing

Jericho 200 Photographic Portraits

~ Your chance to suggest someone for a memorable portrait ~

Last year, the Jericho Living Heritage Trust asked residents to suggest ways to mark 200 years of our distinctive, vibrant, and culturally rich neighbourhood. From a wide range of ideas, the Trustees decided to commission renowned local photographer, Fran Monks to take portraits of people whose contribution to the community has been significant and sustained.

This could mean, for instance, people who have instigated or maintained improvements to the built or natural environment, to social activities, to community wellbeing or morale, or to some other aspect of Jericho dear to your heart. The images and text are intended to provide both present and future residents with a rounded insight into what made Jericho special when it turned 200.

Please email j200photos@jlht.org no later than 31 March 2026 with your suggestion and the following details.

  • Jericho resident full name and email, you must have obtained their willingness to be put forward

  • Your name and email address

  • Reason for nomination (200 words maximum)

The JLHT Trustees and committee members of Jericho Community Association will then consider all your proposals, selecting a shortlist of those to be photographed. The intention is to complete the project by the autumn, to hold an exhibition, and to feature the portraits, in perpetuity, on the JLHT website.

Those selected will then be contacted by Fran Monks who will include, alongside the portrait, a short biography as a caption for public display.

Funds for this initiative came from the Jericho 200 ‘In Conversation’ event last November between Sir Philip Pullman and James Naughtie, to whom we are most grateful.

Two Jericho Living Heritage Trust’s books ‘Jericho A Celebration’ and ‘A Jericho Scrapbook’ published in 2025.

 Available at The Last Bookshop, 25 Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HQ

 A Jericho Scrapbook is priced at £15 and Jericho - a Celebration is £12.

Kilsby Boat Project awarded £210,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

In October 2025, the Jericho Living Heritage Trust was delighted to announce an award of £210,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to revive Kilsby and to relaunch it as an accessible floating hub for arts, heritage, and community activity on the Oxford Canal. Please visit our website to find out more about this exciting project.