As a general term the following buildings are called tenements in the UK.
Most of the large English cities, particularly those which have docks of some description, contain tenements. These are in Newcastle and London
There is actual official law in Scotland which defines what a tenement is Section 26 of the Tenement (Scotland) Act 2004: “Two or more related but separate flats divided from each other horizontally”.
Basically it is all do do with the availability of land. Just look where Scotland’s tenements are, they are mainly to be found in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The main centres for employment, trade, shops etc., where the population was concentrated. Scotland had loads of land, still does, but there was nothing there to attract people to settle.
Small towns and even villages in England expanded dramatically due to the industrial revolution. Towns like Manchester changed from this
to this, in less than 100 years.
At the epicentre around the docks you would have tenements but the farther away you got and the more open space there was available the housing became small individual dwellings in a terrace. Row after row, frequently back to back. Cheap and easier to build than multi storey tenements.
However, they were still within walking distance to the source of employment. This was replicated all over England but particularly in the North and the Midlands.
