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- Britain, Executions 1606-1955
- Bury Union Workhouse (Jericho Institution) Admission Registers
- Bury Workhouse Creed Registers
- Bury Workhouse Discharge Registers
- Chertsey Poor Law Union Admission and Discharge Books post-1900
- Chertsey Poor Law Union Admission and Discharge Books pre-1900
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Baptisms)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Births)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Burials)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Deaths)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records, Admissions and Discharges
- Cheshire Workhouse Records, Religious Creeds
- City of York calendars of prisoners 1739-1851
- City of York hearth & window tax 1665-1778
- Cobham, Reed’s School Annual Reports 1818-1901
- Derbyshire hospital admissions and deaths 1892-1913
- Derbyshire hospital admissions and deaths 1892-1913
- Derbyshire Workhouse Reports
- Devon, Plymouth Prison Records 1832-1919
- Devon, Tavistock Borough Court Luxton Manuscripts, 1839-1896
- Dorking Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1837-1847
- England & Wales, paupers in workhouses 1860
- England and Wales, Crime, Prisons and Punishment 1770-1935
- Farnham Board of Guardians Minute Books 1872-1910
- Godstone Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1869-1915
- Guildford Infirmary Deaths 1933-1939
- Guildford Workhouse Births 1866-1910
- Guildford Workhouse Deaths 1887-1914
- Hambledon Board of Guardians Minute Books 1836-1910
- Hampshire, Portsmouth Hospital Records
- Hampshire, Portsmouth Workhouse Registers
- Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portsea Island Rate Books
- Ireland, Licences to Keep Arms 1832-1836
- Ireland, Ulster Covenant 1912
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Annuities
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Deaths
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Marriages
- Kent, Bexley Asylum Minute Books, 1901-1939
- Lancashire, Manchester cholera victims 1832
- Lincolnshire Poor Law Removals 1665 - 1865
- Lincolnshire Settlement Certificates 1675 - 1860
- Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations 1721 - 1861
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes - Bourne
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes - Caistor
- Liverpool Workhouse Registers
- London, Bethlem Hospital Patient Admission Registers and Casebooks 1683-1932
- Mayford Industrial School Admissions 1895-1907
- Middlesex, Harrow School photographs of pupils & masters 1869-1925
- Middlesex, London, Old Bailey Court records 1674-1913
- National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
- Princess Mary Village Homes Pupils 1870-1890s
- Prison ship (Hulk) Registers 1811-1843
- Redhill, Royal Philanthropic School Admission Registers 1788-1906
- Richmond Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1870-1911
- Roxburghshire, Kelso Dispensary Patient Registers 1777-1781
- Royal Society of Arts Membership Lists and Minute Books
- Scotland prison registers index 1828-1884
- Scotland, Buchanan Society Members 1725-1948
- Scotland, Edinburgh Temperance Pledges 1886-1908
- Scotland, Inverness-Shire, Dores Free Church Adherents 1893
- Scotland, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), poorhouse records 1859-1912
- South Yorkshire Asylum, Admission Records
- Surrey County Gaol Deaths 1798-1878
- Surrey feet of fines 1558-1760
- Surrey feet of fines place list
- Surrey Quarter Sessions 1780 -1820
- Surrey, Southwark, St Saviour Poor Relief 1818-1821
- Warlingham Military Hospital Chaplain's Department baptisms, confirmations and deaths 1917-1919
- Warwickshire bastardy index
- Warwickshire, Coventry workhouse admission and discharge registers 1853-1946
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registration Plates (1921-1944)
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registrations 1921-1944
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Admissions
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- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Bastardy
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Examinations
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Land tax
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Paupers
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Poor law and workhouse records
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Valuations
- Wiltshire Asylum Registers, 1789-1921
- Woking, St Peter’s Memorial Home Patients 1885-1908
- Women’s Suffrage Petition 1866
- Yorkshire, Sheffield Crime Courts and Convicts 1737-1938
- Yorkshire, Sheffield Crime Courts And Convicts 1769-1931
- Yorkshire, Sheffield social and institutional records 1558-1939
- Yorkshire, Sheffield, asylum & hospital admissions & subscriptions 1748-1937
- Yorkshire, Sheffield, Workhouse Admissions 1700-1915
Find your ancestors in Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registrations 1921-1944
What can these records tell me?
In these records you will find
-- First name of first registered owner
- Last name of first registered owner
- Company name, if the vehicle was owned by a company
- Place of registration
- Vehicle registration plate
- Last registered owner’s first name
- Last registered owner’s last name
- Last registered owner location
The year ranges for this record set (1921-1944) refers to the initial registration year, however you may find some records for later years when the vehicle has a new owner. The majority of records will have two images. The first will have information on the vehicle including make, class, and colour. Clicking right will bring up information for that record on the ownership of the vehicle.
These are not just car registrations but also include other motorised vehicles, in particular motorcycles with and without sidecars (references to cycles are to motorbikes and not to bicycles).
Several acts and pieces of legislation passed in the first half of the twentieth century led to greater regulation of vehicles including their registration.
Motor Car Act 1903
The Motor Car Act came into force on 1 January 1904, required all motor vehicles to be entered on an official vehicle register. The act also introduced the crime of reckless driving, made it compulsory for drivers to have a license (though testing would not be introduced until later), and established a speed limit on public highways. The qualifying age was 17 for a car license and 14 for a motor cycle.
Roads Act 1920
The act, which you will find referenced in some of the cards, required county councils to register all new vehicles and to allocate a separate number to them.
Road Traffic Act 1930
In 1930, the Motor Car Act and the Locomotives on Highways Act of 1896 were repealed by the Road Traffic Act. The act, rather controversially, abolished speed limits for cars. It also introduced provisions relating to the classification of vehicles; their construction, weight, and equipment; and the introduction of the Highway Code.
Road Traffic Act 1934
After abolishing speed limits in the 1930 Road Traffic Act, there were a significant number of deaths and injuries caused by vehicles, with at least half being pedestrians. The 1934 act reintroduced speed limits (30mph in built up areas) and made driving tests compulsory for all new drivers from 1 June 1935.