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Looking back to the former Empire Hotel, opened in 1901 and a poor counterweight to the Abbey, we see the houses of Terrace Walk on the left, now with ground-floor shops, which faced the Greek temple-style

We are looking along Albion Terrace into Station Street, with the impressive portico of the station entrance on the left in the distance. The railway arrived in Saltburn in 1861.

Solid sandstone terraced houses line the Main Street of Castleton in Eskdale, on the northern edge of the North York Moors.

Deliveries to these shops would be from the access road at the rear of the terrace, though one lorry driver has decided to double-park in the main road.

She lived in one of the two-storey terraced cottages on the right of the picture.

A brand new terrace of shops on the left replace some cottages, and soon after 1890 the Greyhound and Burgis' stores were rebuilt more grandly.

Development is under way, and the higher terraces have been erected since photograph no 21296. Always a fishing harbour, Looe benefited from the well-built quays once the mineral traffic ceased.

The chimneys of Rutland Terrace and part of the Parish Church can be seen on the left, and houses in Edinburgh Avenue on the right. The notice board advertises John Green's Pavilion Refreshment Rooms.

Here we see more late Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas, mostly built of brick or roughcast. The road curves towards the town centre, passing the end of De Vere Road.

The Plantation and Madeira Walk below The Beacon and Louisa Terrace are a delightful stretch of green wooded shelter on hot days.

This picture was taken in the year when the Mappin Terraces for bears and goats were built and new animal houses constructed.

can see how the formality of the ramrod-straight Great Pulteney Street to the left contrasts with, in the right distance below the woods, the sinuous curves of Lansdown Crescent, and other long curving terraces

As we look east from Queen Square, the terrace we see on the right, Northumberland Buildings, built in 1778, is another design by the ubiquitous Thomas Baldwin.

Here, those staying in Royal Terrace or at The Royal Hotel, could walk in peace, or linger for a while on one of the benches provided.

The trees on the right have gone, as have some of the terraced cottages, replaced by new housing and flats.

Torquay is a town of charming villas, which, amphitheatre-like, stretch upwards from the shore in terraces to the higher ground overlooking the sea.

It is a dignified building; as are the Georgian houses of St Hilda's Terrace, some of which can be seen in the background.

The terraced gardens were its equal – both tropical and alpine collections shared space with an orchard and beautifully maintained tennis courts.

The layout of Stamford, climbing gently in terraces up from the Welland, is well shown in this photograph from St Martin's church tower. The churches of All Saints, St John, and St Mary stand out.

The terrace on the left replaced Bowes Hall, a medieval mansion, in 1787.

The terrace on the left replaced Bowes Hall, a medieval mansion, in 1787.

The horizontal distribution of the buildings shows how the houses had to be built in terraces, thanks to the town's hilly location.

Church Street and the roads off to the left are part of a grid of Victorian brick, terraced, straight streets.

Facing the Green Dragon across the road is a terrace of stone cottages, with the New Inn at the end. Next door to the Green Dragon, an antiquated Regent petrol pump indicates a garage.