More Info →Register of Miscellaneous Licenses

Description: This register contains details of the following licenses: Goods Carts; Goods Carts Drivers; Hackney Carriages (including early motor vehicles); Hackney Carriage Drivers; Hawkers; Plumbers; Pig Owners; Drain Connectors; Chimney Sweeps; Second-hand Dealers; Auctioneers; Meat Vendors; Buildings used as places of public meetings or amusment; Licensed Premises (Liquor Licenses); Motor Vehicle Drivers ("Competency Certificate"); Heavy Traffic Licenses; Taxi Cars and Taxi Drivers; Omnibuses and Omnibuse Drivers; Lodging Houses; Restaurants; Ice Cream Vendors; Milk Vendors; Hairdressers; Dangerous Goods Stores; and Offensive Trades.

The Motor vehicles registered as "Hackney Carriages" on pages 63 – 88 of this volume are vehicles used for the carriage of fee-paying passengers within the Borough. The ‘Amendment by laws’ of 1911 (Series 9/1/1) define a ’licensed hackney carriage’ as a horsedrawn or motor driven vehicle which is licensed ‘for the carriage of persons under hire,’ pages 2 and 85. The register does not contain a complete record of all motor vehicles registered by the Borough Council between 1912 and 1921. It contains only a record of those vehicles licensed to carry fee-paying passengers.