Career
He was responsible for laying out the grounds of Corporation Park, Blackburn (1857). Alexandra Park, Oldham (1865). Queen"s Park, Bolton (1866).
He also worked on cemeteries, including Tonge Cemetery, Bolton (1856).
With a perfect circle as its basis, this is held to be an exemplar of the geometric or sub-geometric framework, the most common form of the cemeteries of the mid 19th century. A number of Henderson"s works are now on English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens.