Plymouth motor vehicle registrations

Accession 1397 Plymouth motor vehicle registration licences from 1921 to 1978

Historic motor vehicle licensing cards for vehicles registered in Plymouth with registrations CO, DR and JY.

This is a catalogue giving details of the surviving motor vehicle licensing cards used by the Plymouth Local Vehicle Licensing Office prior to the setting up of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency centralised system in Swansea in 1978. The cards cover all vehicles registered in Plymouth including cars, vans, lorries, motorcycles and even battery powered milk floats. You can obtain photocopies of any motor vehicle registrations we hold. See our photocopying page for details.

Further information on surviving registration cards for the rest of the UK can be found in the book 'How to trace the history of your car' by Philip Riden, ISBN 1-898937-25-7.

Plymouth Motor Vehicle Registrations Catalogue (opens in a new page)