UK Single-Single Number Plate Registry

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R 1 - R 2 - R 3 - R 4 - R 5 - R 6 - R 8 - R 9 - As complete as it's going to get

1 R - 2 R - 3 R - 4 R - 5 R - 7 R - 8 R - 9 R

R x plates were originally issued by Derbyshire County Council, all x R plates were issued by them in 1960

By close of business on 2nd January 1904 Derbyshire County Council had registered 105 cars and 49 motorcycles.

R 1 was originally issued to Captain Herbert Holland of Ashbourne and registered to a Beaufort. He was a Captain in the Army, a Magistrate and Chief Constable of Derbyshire.

Current owner is known and is based in the South East of England.

R 2 was originally issued to Marcus Astle of Draycott and registered to a Napier. Within a week of the registration act coming into force he was elected a Magistrate.

The current owner is known and based in London.

R 3

Owner is based in the South East of England.

R 4 was sold to Ernest Clarke of Beverly six months after original issue for one shilling. A mere nine months later it was sold to Herbert Cherry of Beverly.

The current owner is known and based in Scotland. It's on a 1970 VW Beetle.

This VW Beetle looks like it was imported in 1983 but I'm unable to determine if the plate was placed on it then or in January 1999. Either way I know where it is, that it's parked right next to V 2, and am currently awaiting permission to photograph it so I can show you a better picture of the plate.

Taken in 1986

R 5

Appears to be on the car since 1994 but it changed ownership in 2018.

The current owner is known and based in the Midlands.

R 6

Ronald Ludkin of Surrey bought a car in the 1950's with the plate on it. He kept the plate and when he died in 1984 it passed to his Wife Iris. She used the plate until 2009 when she had an accident and decided it was time to stop driving. The Volvo 340GL (remember those?) was a write off and was parked up. When she died in 2015 it was established that to remove the plate from the Volvo it had to have an MOT, so it was repaired and MOT'd. The plate was auctioned at Bonhams and sold for ~£160K.

Current owner is known and based in the North of England..

R 7 is a confirmed lost plate.

R 8

The picture of the plate on the Renault 5 was when it belonged to Rob Waler of Frome, Somerset.

R 9, current owner is based in Scotland.

1 R was owned by Derbyshire County Council but they sold it in 1990 for a sum believed to between £50-60K.

Owned by a Qatari royal, the same family also own L 1 and S 8, all of them are based in London.

2 R - Owner is based in London.

Taken in 1980

3 R

On the Volvo truck since 2008. Current owner is known and based in the Midlands.

4 R

Owner is known and based in the Midlands.

Taken in 1977

5 R

Bought in May 1988 the plate was placed on the Stag 4 months later. The plate was removed in June 2019 but placed back on in September 2020. Strangely the vehicle changed hands twice in April 2019.

Sold at auction in the spring of 2023 for £336K

Current owner is known and based in the Midlands.

6 R

On a Beige Ford Granada 2.3 L since 1984, in 14 years it did sub 600 miles so it doesn't get out much.

Current owner is known and based in the Midlands.

7 R

In 2017 it was sold to someone in the Windsor area. In 2022 someone in Birmingham bought the plate, and in 2023 it changed hands again.

Current owner is known and based in the Midlands.

8 R, current owner is known and based in the Midlands.

9 R, owned by someone in Kent since 1975, in early 2022 they sold it for an amount the owner would prefer to be kept private.

Current owner is known and based in South East of England.