Category Archives: Motor vehicle registration

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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