{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Swiftreg - Number Plates News &amp; Guides","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.swiftreg.co.uk\/blog","author_name":"john_barnes","author_url":"https:\/\/www.swiftreg.co.uk\/blog\/author\/john_barnes\/","title":"A Brief History Of Registration Plates","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kHhTTgjqA0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swiftreg.co.uk\/blog\/a-brief-history-of-registration-plates\/\">A Brief History Of Registration Plates<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swiftreg.co.uk\/blog\/a-brief-history-of-registration-plates\/embed\/#?secret=kHhTTgjqA0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Brief History Of Registration Plates&#8221; &#8212; Swiftreg - Number Plates News &amp; Guides\" data-secret=\"kHhTTgjqA0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.swiftreg.co.uk\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.swiftreg.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Brief_History_Of_Registration_Plates.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":533,"description":"If you are one of Britain\u2019s 36 million road users, you may assume that registration plates have always been attached to motor vehicles, but that isn\u2019t the case! The first cars to hit the British roads, in the 1890s, weren\u2019t required to have number plates attached. In fact, the car registration system hadn\u2019t even been [&hellip;]"}