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1857
Alexander Wilson & Company was founded In Vauxhall, London.
1897 the company was renamed the Vauxhall Iron Works Company Limited.
1903 the first car was produced.
1905 the company relocates to Luton in Bedfordshire.
1907 the name of the company is changed to Vauxhall Motors Limited.
1925 the company is bought out by General Motors (GM) of the U.S.A.
1931 a new arm of the company is founded to build commercial vehicles and
is named Bedford.
1983 Bedford ceases to be part of Vauxhall Motors and becomes a separate
division of GM.
1987 sees the end of Bedford heavy commercials as GM sells the plant at
Dunstable to AWD.
WHERE
WAS YOUR CAR REGISTERED?
Here
is a guide to your cars registration.
Area
codes contained in your registration number denote its origin, e.g.
MER
687H, (ER) denoting Cambridge.
The
following list confirms area codes in designated dates where records
exist, from the studies I’ve made they are still valid up to the recent
changes to British registration arrangements.
| A |
London |
|
| AA |
Hampshire |
1904-13 |
| AB |
Worcester |
1921-48 |
| AC |
Warwickshire |
1903-75 |
| AD |
Gloucestershire |
1903-74 |
| AE |
Bristol
B |
1904-64 |
| AF |
Cornwall,
Truro |
1903-20 |
| AG |
Ayrshire |
|
| AH |
Norfolk,
Norwich |
1904-71 |
| AI |
Meath |
1904-87 |
| AJ |
Yorkshire
NR, Northallerton |
1903-12 |
| AK |
Bradford
B, Wakefield |
1903-77 |
| AL |
Nottingham |
1903-55 |
| AM |
Wiltshire,
Trowbridge |
1903-74 |
| AN |
West
Ham B |
|
| AO |
Cumberland,
Carlisle |
1903-74 |
| AP |
Sussex
East, Lewes |
1903-74 |
| AR |
Hertford |
1903-77 |
| AS |
Nairnshire |
|
| AT |
Kingstone
upon Hull, Hull |
1904-74 |
| AU |
Nottingham
B |
1921-48 |
| AV |
Aberdeenshire |
1921-48 |
| AW |
Salop,
Shrewsbury |
1921-48 |
| AX |
Monmouthshire,
Cwmbran |
1904-74 |
| AY |
Leicester |
1903-22 |
| AZ |
Belfast
B |
|
| B |
Lancashire,
Preston |
1921-41 |
| BA |
Salford
B |
1904-70 |
| BB |
Newcastle
upon Tyne |
|
| BC |
Leicester
B |
1955-74 |
| BD |
Northampton |
1903-78 |
| BE |
Lincoln |
1908-74 |
| BF |
Dorset,
Dorchester |
1903- |
| BG |
Birkenhead
B, Warrington |
|
| BH |
Buckinghamshire,
Aylesbury |
1903-74 |
| BI |
Monaghan |
1933-87 |
| BJ |
Suffolk
East, Ipswich |
|
| BK |
Portsmouth
B |
1921-48 |
| BL |
Berkshire,
Reading |
1904-22 |
| BM |
Bedford |
1903-64 |
| BN |
Bolton
B |
1903-20 |
| BO |
Cardiff
B |
1922-29 |
| BP |
Sussex
West, Chichester |
1903-20 |
| BR |
Sunderland
B, Durham |
1921-33 |
| BS |
Orkney,
Kirkwall |
1904-76 |
| BT |
Yorkshire
ER, Beverley |
1905-76 |
| BU |
Oldham
B |
1903-20 |
| BV |
Blackburn
B, Preston |
1954-74 |
| BW |
Oxford |
1903-74 |
| BX |
Carmarthen |
1907-74 |
| BY |
Croydon
B |
|
| BZ |
Down |
|
| C |
Yorkshire
WR, Wakefield |
|
| CA |
Denbighshire,
Ruthin |
1903-76 |
| CB |
Blackburn
B, Preston |
1904-77 |
| CC |
Caernarfon |
1904-77 |
| CD |
Brighton
B, Lewes |
|
| CE |
Cambridge |
1904-77 |
| CF |
Suffolk
West, Bury St. Edmonds |
1927-46 |
| CG |
Hampshire |
1931-48 |
| CH |
Derby
B, Matlock |
1903-47 |
| CI |
Leix
Laoighis, Portlaose |
1940-87 |
| CJ |
Hereford |
1904-74 |
| CK |
Preston |
1904-81 |
| CL |
Norwich
B |
1920-71 |
| CM |
Warrington |
|
| CN |
Gateshead |
1921-48 |
| CO |
Plymouth |
1921-74 |
| CP |
Halifax |
1903-74 |
| CR |
Southampton |
1903-74 |
| CS |
Ayrshire |
|
| CT |
Lincolnshire,
Kesteven |
1923-74 |
| CU |
South
Shields B |
1921-48 |
| CV |
Cornwall |
|
| CW |
Burnley
B, Preston |
1904-74 |
| CX |
Huddersfield
B, Wakefield |
1921-77 |
| CY |
Swansea |
1921-29 |
| CZ |
Belfast
B |
|
| D |
Kent,
Maidstone |
1903-13 |
| DA |
Wolverhampton
B |
1925-76 |
| DB |
Stockport
B, Manchester |
1932-68 |
| DC |
Middlesbrough
B |
1904-19 |
| DD |
Gloucester |
1921-74 |
| DE |
Pembrokeshire,
Haverfordwest |
1903-74 |
| DF |
Gloucester |
1921-74 |
| DG |
Gloucester |
1929-74 |
| DH |
Walsall |
1904-74 |
| DI |
Roscommon |
1930-87 |
| DJ |
St.Helens
B |
1904-20 |
| DK |
Rochdale
B |
1919-21 |
| DL |
Isle
of Wight |
1921-48 |
| DM |
Flintshire,
Hawarden |
1903-36 |
| DN |
York
B |
1904-74 |
| DO |
Lincoln |
1911-20 |
| DP |
Reading
B |
1921-74 |
| DR |
Plymouth
B |
1926-74 |
| DS |
Peeblesshire |
|
| DT |
Doncaster
B |
1927-74 |
| DU |
Coventry
B |
1921-63 |
| DV |
Devonshire |
1929-48 |
| DW |
Newport |
|
| DX |
Ipswich |
|
| DY |
Hastings |
|
| DZ |
Antrim |
|
| E |
Staffordshire |
|
| EA |
West
Bromwich |
|
| EB |
Isle
of Ely |
|
| EC |
Westmorland |
|
| ED |
Warrington |
|
| EE |
Grimsby |
|
| EF |
West
Hartlepool |
|
| EG |
Peterborough |
|
| EH |
Stoke on
Trent |
|
| EI |
Sligo |
|
| EJ |
Cardigan |
|
| EK |
Wigan |
|
| EL |
Bournemouth |
|
| EM |
Bootle |
|
| EN |
Bury |
|
| EO |
Barrow in
Furness |
|
| EP |
Mongomery |
|
| ER |
Cambridge |
|
| ES |
Perth |
|
| ET |
Rotherham |
|
| EU |
Breconshire |
|
| EV |
Essex |
|
| EW |
Huntingdon |
|
| EX |
Gt Yarmouth |
|
| EY |
Anglesey |
|
| EZ |
Belfast
B |
|
| F |
Essex |
|
| FA |
Burton on
Trent |
|
| FB |
Bath |
|
| FC |
Oxford |
|
| FD |
Dudley |
|
| FE |
Lincoln |
|
| FF |
Merioneth |
|
| FG |
Fife |
|
| FH |
Gloucester |
|
| FI |
North Riding
of Tipperay |
|
| FJ |
Exeter |
|
| FK |
Worcester |
|
| FL |
Peterborough |
|
| FM |
Chester |
|
| FN |
Canterbury |
|
| FO |
Radnor |
|
| FP |
Rutland |
|
| FR |
Blackpool |
|
| FS |
Edinburgh |
|
| FT |
Tynemouth |
|
| FU |
Parts of
Lyndsay, Lincs |
|
| FV |
Blackpool |
|
| FW |
Parts of
Lyndsay, Lincs |
|
| FX |
Dorset |
|
| FY |
Southport |
|
| FZ |
Belfast |
|
| G |
Glasgow |
|
| GA |
Glasgow |
|
| GB |
Glasgow |
|
| GC |
London |
|
| GD |
Glasgow |
|
| GE |
Glasgow |
|
| GF |
London |
|
| GG |
Glasgow |
|
| GH |
London |
|
| GJ |
London |
|
| GK |
London |
|
| GL |
Bath |
|
| GM |
Motherwell
and Wishaw |
|
| GN |
London |
|
| GO |
London |
|
| GP |
London |
|
| GR |
Sunderland |
|
| GS |
Perth |
|
| GT |
London |
|
| GU |
London |
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