Chapman codes are a set of 3-letter codes used in genealogy to identify the administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Use

They were created by the historian Colin R Chapman in the late 1970s, intended to provide a widely used shorthand in genealogy which follows the common practice of describing areas in terms of the counties existing in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Other uses

Chapman codes have no mapping, postal or administrative use. They can however be useful for disambiguation by postal services where a full county name or traditional abbreviation is not supplied after a place name which has more than one occurrence, a particular problem where these are post towns such as Richmond.

Country codes

• CHI Channel Islands

• ENG England

• IOM Isle of Man

• IRL Ireland

• NIR Northern Ireland

• SCT Scotland

• WLS Wales

• ALL All countries

Channel Islands

• ALD Alderney

• GSY Guernsey

• JSY Jersey

• SRK Sark

England

Historic counties

• BDF Bedfordshire

• BRK Berkshire

• BKM Buckinghamshire

• CAM Cambridgeshire

• CHS Cheshire

• CON Cornwall

• CUL Cumberland

• DBY Derbyshire

• DEV Devonshire

• DOR Dorset

• DUR Durham

• ESS Essex

• GLS Gloucestershire

• HAM Hampshire

• HEF Herefordshire

• HRT Hertfordshire

• HUN Huntingdonshire

• KEN Kent

• LAN Lancashire

• LEI Leicestershire

• LIN Lincolnshire

• MDX Middlesex

• NFK Norfolk

• NTH Northamptonshire

• NBL Northumberland

• NTT Nottinghamshire

• OXF Oxfordshire

• RUT Rutland

• SAL Shropshire (Salop)

• SOM Somerset

• STS Staffordshire

• SFK Suffolk

• SRY Surrey

• SSX Sussex

• WAR Warwickshire

• WES Westmorland

• WIL Wiltshire

• WOR Worcestershire

YKS Yorkshire

• ERY East Riding

• NRY North Riding

• WRY West Riding

Administrative areas

• AVN Avon

• CLV Cleveland

• CMA Cumbria

• SXE East Sussex

• GTM Greater Manchester

• HWR Hereford and Worcester

• HUM Humberside

• IOW Isle of Wight

• LND London

• MSY Merseyside

• WMD West Midlands

• NYK North Yorkshire

• SYK South Yorkshire

• TWR Tyne and Wear

• SXW West Sussex

• WYK West Yorkshire

Scotland

Historic counties

• ABD Aberdeenshire

• ANS Angus (formerly Forfarshire)

• ARL Argyll (Argyllshire)

• AYR Ayrshire

• BAN Banffshire

• BEW Berwickshire

• BUT Bute (Buteshire)

• CAI Caithness

• CLK Clackmannanshire

• DFS Dumfriesshire

• DNB Dunbartonshire

• ELN East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire)

• FIF Fife

• INV Inverness-shire

• KCD Kincardineshire

• KRS Kinross-shire

• KKD Kirkcudbrightshire

• LKS Lanarkshire

• MLN Midlothian (formerly Edinburghshire)

• MOR Moray (formerly Elginshire)

• NAI Nairnshire

• OKI Orkney

• PEE Peeblesshire

• PER Perthshire

• RFW Renfrewshire

• ROC Ross and Cromarty

• ROX Roxburghshire

• SEL Selkirkshire

• SHI Shetland

• STI Stirlingshire

• SUT Sutherland

• WLN West Lothian (formerly Linlithgowshire)

• WIG Wigtownshire

1975–1996 regions

• BOR Borders

• CEN Central

• DGY Dumfries and Galloway

• FIF Fife

• GMP Grampian

• HLD Highland

• LTN Lothian

• OKI Orkney Isles

• SHI Shetland Isles

• STD Strathclyde

• TAY Tayside

• WIS Western Isles

Wales

Historic counties

• AGY Anglesey

• BRE Brecknockshire

• CAE Caernarfonshire

• CGN Cardiganshire

• CMN Carmarthenshire

• DEN Denbighshire

• FLN Flintshire

• GLA Glamorgan

• MER Merionethshire

• MON Monmouthshire

• MGY Montgomeryshire

• PEM Pembrokeshire

• RAD Radnorshire

1974–1996

• CWD Clwyd

• DFD Dyfed

• GNT Gwent

• GWN Gwynedd

• MGM Mid Glamorgan

• POW Powys

• SGM South Glamorgan

• WGM West Glamorgan

Northern Ireland

• ANT Antrim

• ARM Armagh

• DOW Down

• FER Fermanagh

• LDY Londonderry

• TYR Tyrone

Ireland

• CAR Carlow

• CAV Cavan

• CLA Clare

• COR Cork

• DON Donegal

• DUB Dublin

• GAL Galway

• KER Kerry

• KID Kildare

• KIK Kilkenny

• LET Leitrim

• LEX Leix (formerly Queen's)

• LIM Limerick

• LOG Longford

• LOU Louth

• MAY Mayo

• MEA Meath

• MOG Monaghan

• OFF Offaly (formerly King's)

• ROS Roscommon

• SLI Sligo

• TIP Tipperary

• WAT Waterford

• WEM Westmeath

• WEX Wexford

• WIC Wicklow

See also

• Historic counties of England

• Historic counties of Scotland

• Historic counties of Wales

• Counties of Northern Ireland

References

• The Chapman County Code for British Isles Counties, Lochin Publishing, accessed 13 October 2019