title: Chapman code
text: # Chapman code
  
  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, Dr. Colin R Chapman, in the late 1970s, and as intended, 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
  