Chapman Codes
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The Chapman Codes identify historical administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. They were created by Dr Colin Chapman and are widely used in genealogy.
They have no postal relevance and are not recognised by the Royal Mail.
Chapman place codes (English counties are pre-1974)
ABD Aberdeenshire
AGY Anglesey
ALD Alderney
ALL All Countries
ANS Angus
ANS Forfarshire
ANT Antrim
ARL Argyllshire
ARM Armagh
AYR Ayrshire
BAN Banffshire
BDF Bedfordshire
BEW Berwickshire
BKM Buckinghamshire
BRE Brecknockshire
BRK Berkshire
BUT Buteshire
CAE Caernarvonshire
CAI Caithness-shire
CAM Cambridgeshire
CAR Carlow
CAV Cavan
CGN Cardiganshire
CHI Channel Islands
CHS Cheshire
CLA Clare
CLK Clackmannanshire
CMN Carmarthenshire
CON Cornwall
COR Cork
CUL Cumberland
DBY Derbyshire
DEN Denbighshire
DEV Devon(shire)
DFS Dumfriesshire
DNB Dumbartonshire
DON Donegal
DOR Dorset
DOW Down
DUB Dublin
DUR Durham
ELN East Lothian
ENG England
ERY YKS East Riding
ESS Essex FER Fermanagh
FIF Fifeshire
FLN Flintshire
GAL Galway
GLA Glamorgan
GLS Gloucestershire
GSY Guernsey
HAM Hampshire
HEF Herefordshire
HRT Hertfordshire
HUN Huntingdonshire
INV Inverness-shire
IOM Isle of Man
IOW Isle of Wight
IRL Ireland
JSY Jersey
KCD Kincardineshire
KEN Kent
KER Kerry
KID Kildare
KIK Kilkenny
KKD Kirkcudbrightshire
KRS Kinross-shire
LAN Lancashire
LDY Londonderry
LEI Leicestershire
LET Leitrim
LEX Leix (Queens)
LIM Limerick
LIN Lincolnshire
LKS Lanarkshire
LND London (City only)
LOG Longford
LOU Louth
MAY Mayo
MDX Middlesex
MEA Meath
MER Merionethshire
MGY Montgomeryshire
MLN Midlothian
MOG Monaghan
MON Monmouthshire
MOR Moray
NAI Nairnshire
NBL Northumberland
NFK Norfolk
NRY YKS North Riding
NTH Northamptonshire
NTT Nottinghamshire
OFF Offaly (Kings)
OKI Orkney Isles
OXF Oxfordshire
PEE Peeblesshire
PEM Pembrokeshire
PER Perthshire
RAD Radnorshire
RFW Renfrewshire
ROC Ross & Cromarty
ROS Roscommon
ROX Roxburghshire
RUT Rutland
SAL Shropshire
SCT Scotland
SEL Selkirkshire
SFK Suffolk
SHI Shetland Isles
SLI Sligo
SOM Somerset
SRK Sark
SRY Surrey
SSX Sussex
STI Stirlingshire
STS Staffordshire
SUT Sutherland
TIP Tipperary
TYR Tyrone
WAR Warwickshire
WAT Waterford
WEM Westmeath
WES Westmorland
WEX Wexford
WIC Wicklow
WIG Wigtownshire
WIL Wiltshire
WLN West Lothian
WLS Wales
WOR Worcestershire
WRY YKS West Riding
YKS Yorkshire
