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Peachey-Edwards

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Peachey Edwards House
This block was built in 2004 by Swan Housing Association and was transferred to THCH in 2007. It was named after Peachey Edwards House a block of sheltered housing that had been on the site between 1960 and 1997. This block had in turn been named after George Henry Peachey-Edwards (1894-1972), who had worked for Bethnal Green Borough Council for forty years, rising to become the Chief Clerk.

Site: Peachey-Edwards (1 memorial)

E2, Teesdale Street, Peachey Edwards House

British History Online describe the 1960s Peachey Edwards House as containing "20 flats for old people" but we cannot find an image of it.

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Peachey-Edwards

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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in S...

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Swan Housing Association

Established in the 1990s. As at 2025 Swan Housing Association is a wholly own...

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George Henry Peachey-Edwards

George Henry Peachey-Edwards (1894-1972) worked for Bethnal Green Borough Cou...

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Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd

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