The charity aims to provide low cost accommodation to the elderly people of Weymouth & Portland who find it difficult to finance and support themselves in their own home.

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Sir Henry Edwards

Weymouth was fortunate in the late 19th century to be represented in Parliament by Sir Henry Edwards, whose generous gifts to the town can still be seen today – ten cottage homes, known as Edwards Avenue, on Boot Hill and ‘Edwardsville’ in Rodwell Avenue, all designed for elderly inhabitants of the borough. 

Edwardsville, Rodwell Avenue, Weymouth

Sir Henry also provided an annual dinner for the old people of the town and built and furnished new premises for the Working Men’s club in Mitchell Street. A statue of Sir Henry Edwards used to stand in the grounds of Edwardsville and a memorial was erected by public subscription in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, but the best known tribute to the man who was M.P. from 1867-1885 and who declined the Freedom of the Borough, is the statue outside the Alexandra gardens, erected in 1885.

Sir Henry Edwards Statue, Alexander Gardens, Weymouth

Cartoon of Sir Henry Edwards