Group    From 2000 

Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd

Categories: Social Welfare

THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Established in 2000 as part of a Government programme to transfer housing from local authorities to social landlords.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd

Creations i

Ada House

Ada House This block was built in 1937 by the London County Council and was n...

Read More

Arthur Deakin

Arthur Deakin House This block was built in 1956 by Stepney Borough Council a...

Read More

Beechwood - William Sebright

Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council ...

Read More

Charles Darwin - E2

No explanation for the choice of name is given and we are not aware that Darw...

Read More

Cobden House

Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...

Read More

Other Subjects

Canon Samuel Barnett

Canon Samuel Barnett

Social reformer. While curate of St Mary's in Bryanston Square, met Henrietta Barnett and married her in his own church. The site given as the picture source is a forum where the infamous Jack the...

Person, Jack the Ripper suspects, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Sir John Simon

Sir John Simon

Surgeon and public health officer. Born City of London. His name is of French origin which is worth knowing for pronunciation purposes. 1848 appointed the first Medical Officer of Health for London...

Person, Medicine, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Greenwich Hospital

Greenwich Hospital

From Greenwich Hospital: "The Royal Charter of William and Mary dated 25 October 1694 established the Royal Hospital for Seamen (latterly known as Greenwich Hospital) as a home for retired seamen o...

Place, Armed Forces, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Leo Bonn

Leo Bonn

A merchant banker. Aged about 70 he started to lose his hearing. Founded what is now the Royal National Institute for Deaf People at his London home. Leopold Bernhard Bonn was born on 3 August 185...

Person, Commerce, Social Welfare, France, Germany

1 memorial
Catherine Booth

Catherine Booth

Evangelist. Born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She married fellow methodist William Booth in 1855, and they embarked on a preaching tour of the country. Returning to London in 1864, t...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare

3 memorials

Previously viewed

Charles Christmas Piper

Charles Christmas Piper

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses.  1889 co- churchwarden of St John the Evangelist, Westminster. Charles Christmas Piper was born in New Alresford, Hampshire, t...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Jo Swinson

Jo Swinson

 MP, Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Edith Garrud

Edith Garrud

Suffragette and martial arts instructor. Born Edith Margaret Williams in Bath. She married William Garrud, a physical culture instructor and in 1899 they were introduced to the art of jiu-jitsu. In...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games

2 memorials
Harry Greenway

Harry Greenway

Conservative MP for Ealing North, 1979 - 97. The Wikipedia page for Harry Greenway gives a comprehensive résumé of his life and confirms that he died, aged 89 years, on 18 January 2024. His obitua...

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Totterdown Estate

Totterdown Estate

This was the London County Council's first housing development. A 39 acre site south-west of Tooting Common was identified and purchased in 1900 for £44,238. The site was well placed to cater for w...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial