Career
His firm was commissioned to landscape Hanover Square in Leeds in 1824 and Oakes Park in Sheffield in 1834. Major entered a competition to design some of the earliest public parks. They were in densely populated areas and financed by public subscription.
Parks designed by Major has areas for sport, recreation and walking.
Major wrote books on gardening and contributed to the Gardeners" Magazine. He was involved in the formation of the first Sunday school in Leeds.
He died in Leeds at the age of 79 in January 1866.
