Category Archives: Motor vehicle registration

The Morgan Runabout

Posted on 28 June 2019 by

We present another guest blog by John Wiles. This photograph of Miss Ena Parry of Plas Llidiardau (a gentry house near Llanilar), one of the county’s first woman motorists and cigarette smokers, and friend seated in her Morgan three-wheeler 8hp … Continue reading →

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The Hallworth Family of Hyde and Aberystwyth

Posted on 1 December 2017 by

We present the first in a series of mini-blogs exploring the Hallworth family photograph album which was generously donated to Ceredigion Archives last summer. Thomas and Edith Hallworth were from Hyde in Cheshire, where he had been a coachman and she a seamstress. … Continue reading →

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Motor Vehicle Registrations in Cardiganshire

Posted on 9 November 2016 by

Motor Vehicle Registrations started in Cardiganshire on 1st January 1904 and it took 45 years till 1949 for 10,000 vehicles (EJ 1 to EJ 9999) to be registered in the county. Following on from my previous blog of October 2014, … Continue reading →

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HISTORY OF EARLY MOTORING IN CARDIGANSHIRE

Posted on 7 October 2014 by

During a visit with fellow members of Llandysul History Society to Ceredigion Archives a few years ago we were shown registers containing information on the first motor vehicles in the county. This, combined with a lifelong interest in motoring together … Continue reading →

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