The benefactor, Sir John Maple, the owner of Maple's furniture store in Tottenham Court Road and who lived at nearby Childwickbury, donated the land and paid for the laying out, the planting and the construction of the buildings; the layout of the park itself was designed by the City Surveyor, Mr G. Ford.
Välgöraren, sir John Maple (ägare av Maples möbelvaruhus i Tottenham Court Road, som bodde i närheten Childwickbury,) donerade marken och betalade för uppförandet av byggnader, plantering av träd mm, utformningen av parken stod the City Surveyor, Mr G. Ford för.