History
Welcome to Mersea Island Trust. Here you will find information about our accommodation for the elderly and Infirm. These pages provide information on the Trust's history and governance, the sites and buildings, and help for tenants. Please select from the menu below.| The History of Mersea Island Trust |
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Initially a site in Melrose Road was identified and a mortgage was obtained from West Mersea Urban District Council in 1964 to help to finance the initial buildings at Akhurst Court. Expansion then occurred with further buildings being added in 1970 and then again in 2002. In 1979 the Trust appointed an additional two trustees who were the two surviving trustees of The Coronation Trust, which had been established in 1941 with similar aims to Mersea Island Trust. The land held by The Coronation Trust in High Street North, West Mersea was transferred to Mesrea Island Trust and with the help of a mortgage from Colchester Borough Council a new building was opened at that site in 1979. |
Mersea Island Trust was established as a charitable trust by a Declaration of Trust on 2nd May 1961. The founder trustees were headed by Dr Llewellyn Jones, a local general practitioner who had a surgery in Melrose Road, West Mersea. He was supported by Eve Harrison, Olga Knight, Rt.Hon.Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough, Sir Ralph Metcalfe and Jim Sunnucks.