The beautiful park near Malpas is built on land reclaimed from the Truro River, a project that, upon its suggestion, was deemed 'almost impossible'. Today, it is a well-used facility for the people of Truro, and further afield.
Read about it's inception, and the family it is named after, at:
Boscawen Park, Truro - from waste-tip to wonderful (attendservices.co.uk)