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Chapman Codes

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

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