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Motor Taxation

Reference: MT Catalogue Title: Motor Taxation Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Durham County Council Motor Taxation Department - PT/UP

Covering Dates: 1922-1942; 1959-1962

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Catalogue Description

Registers of Identification numbers (motor vehicle registration numbers)

Information given includes: date, name of owner, address (town/village only), make of vehicle, class of vehicle (private/goods/cycle/hackney/coach etc.), date of issue, date RF 49 sent [MT 3-6 only]

Registration was established by the Motor Car Acts of 1902 and 1920, which laid down that each county and county borough should keep a register. Each council was assigned index marks or letters. Durham became a licensing authority in 1903, issuing the letter "J"; sadly there are no known records of these vehicles. Registrations for index marks "PT" and "UT" began in 1922 and continued until 1974 when records were centralised at the DVLA.

For futher information see "How to trace the history of your car" by Philip Riden (L49 in our library)

Catalogue Contents

Vehicle Registration Registers (Ref: MT 1-6)First Series of Registration Numbers (Ref: MT 1-3)

Two letters (PT or UP) followed by up to four numbers, (1922-1934)


Index marks, 21 November 1922 - 24 March 1925 PT 1 - 5000
(1 volume, leather bound)


Index marks, 25 March 1925 - 20 July 1927 PT 5001 - 9999
(1 volume, leather bound)


Index marks, 1 July 1927 - 20 December 1934 UP 1 - 9999
(1 volume, leather bound)

Second Series of Registration Numbers (Ref: MT 4)

Three letters (A-Z plus PT or UP) followed by up to three numbers (1934-1959)
The records for "FPT 1" to "PPT 999" and "FUP 1" to "PUP 999" do not survive (1943-1953)
For "RPT 1" to "YPT 999" and "RUP 1" to "YUP 999" see catalogue reference CCP 10/1-2 (1954-1959)


Index marks, 29 December 1934 - 23 September 1942 APT 1 - 999 (December 1934 - July 1935) BPT 1 - 999 (July 1935 - February 1936) AUP 1 - 999 (March - October 1936) BUP 1 - 999 (October 1936 - April 1937) CPT 1 - 999 (April - October 1937) CUP 1 - 999 (October 1937 - April 1938) DPT 1 - 999 (April - December 1938) DUP 1 - 999 (December 1938 - June 1939) EPT 1 - 999 (May 1939 - July 1940) EUP 1 - 999 (June 1940 - September 1942)
(1 volume, leather bound)

Third series of Registration Numbers (Ref: MT 5-6)

Up to three numbers plus three letters (A-Z plus PT/UP), (1954-1963)
For "1 APT" to "999 BPT" and "1 AUP" to "999 BUP" (1958-1959) see catalogue reference CCP 10/2
For "1 HPT" to "999 NPT" and "1 HUP" to "999 MUP" (1960-1963) see catalogue reference CCP 10/3
For "1 UP" to "9999 UP" see catalogue reference CCP 10/4
Also, up to four numbers plus two letters (PT), (1960-1962)


Index marks, 7 January 1959 - 11 October 1960 1 - 999 CPT (January - March 1959) 1 - 999 CUP (March - April 1959) 1 - 999 DPT (April - May 1959) 1 - 999 DUP (May - June 1959) 1 - 999 EPT (June - August 1959) 1 - 999 EUP (August - September 1959) 1 - 999 FPT (September - November 1959) 1 - 999 FUP (November 1959 - January 1960) 1 - 999 GPT (January - October 1960) 1 - 999 GUP (March 1960)
(1 volume, leather bound)


Index marks, September 1960 - October 1962 1-9999 PT volume inscribed "others", "For all vehicles other than cycles"
(1 volume, leather bound)

Fourth Series of Registration Numbers (Ref: )

Three letters, up to three numbers and the year letter B-N (1964-1974)
For "APT 1 B" to "UPT 999 N" and "AUP 1 B" to "UUP 786 N" see catalogue reference CCP 10/5-15