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{{short description|3-letter codes used in genealogy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''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 town]]s such as [[Richmond, London|Richmond]]. ==Country codes== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *CHI [[Channel Islands]] *ENG [[England]] *IOM [[Isle of Man]] *IRL [[Ireland]] *NIR [[Northern Ireland]] *SCT [[Scotland]] *WLS [[Wales]] *ALL All countries {{Div col end}} ==Channel Islands== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *ALD [[Alderney]] *GSY [[Guernsey]] *JSY [[Jersey]] *SRK [[Sark]] {{Div col end}} ==England== ===Historic counties=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *BDF [[Bedfordshire]] *BRK [[Berkshire]] *BKM [[Buckinghamshire]] *CAM [[Cambridgeshire]] *CHS [[Cheshire]] *CON [[Cornwall]] *CUL [[Cumberland]] *DBY [[Derbyshire]] *DEV [[Devon]]shire *DOR [[Dorset]] *DUR [[County Durham|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 of Yorkshire|East Riding]] **NRY [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]] **WRY [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] {{Div col end}} ===Administrative areas=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *AVN [[Avon (county)|Avon]] *CLV [[Cleveland (county)|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 (county)|West Midlands]] *NYK [[North Yorkshire]] *SYK [[South Yorkshire]] *TWR [[Tyne and Wear]] *SXW [[West Sussex]] *WYK [[West Yorkshire]] {{Div col end}} ==Scotland== ===Historic counties=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *ABD [[Aberdeenshire (historic)|Aberdeenshire]] *ANS [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]] (formerly Forfarshire) *ARL [[Argyll]] (Argyllshire) *AYR [[Ayrshire]] *BAN [[Banffshire]] *BEW [[Berwickshire]] *BUT [[County of Bute|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 [[County of Moray|Moray]] (formerly Elginshire) *NAI [[Nairnshire]] *OKI [[Orkney]] *PEE [[Peeblesshire]] *PER [[Perthshire]] *RFW [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] *ROC [[Ross and Cromarty]] *ROX [[Roxburghshire]] *SEL [[Selkirkshire]] *SHI [[Shetland]] *STI [[Stirlingshire]] *SUT [[Sutherland]] *WLN [[West Lothian]] (formerly Linlithgowshire) *WIG [[Wigtownshire]] {{Div col end}} ===1975β1996 regions=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *BOR [[Scottish Borders|Borders]] *CEN [[Central Region, Scotland|Central]] *DGY [[Dumfries and Galloway]] *FIF [[Fife]] *GMP [[Grampian]] *HLD [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] *LTN [[Lothian]] *OKI [[Orkney Islands|Orkney Isles]] *SHI [[Shetland Islands|Shetland Isles]] *STD [[Strathclyde]] *TAY [[Tayside]] *WIS [[Western Isles]] {{Div col end}} ==Wales== ===Historic counties=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *AGY [[Isle of Anglesey|Anglesey]] *BRE [[Brecknockshire]] *CAE [[Caernarfonshire]] *CGN [[Ceredigion|Cardiganshire]] *CMN [[Carmarthenshire]] *DEN [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]] *FLN [[Flintshire (historic)|Flintshire]] *GLA [[Glamorgan]] *MER [[Merionethshire]] *MON [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]] *MGY [[Montgomeryshire]] *PEM [[Pembrokeshire]] *RAD [[Radnorshire]] {{Div col end}} ===1974β1996=== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *CWD [[Clwyd]] *DFD [[Dyfed]] *GNT [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]] *GWN [[Gwynedd]] *MGM [[Mid Glamorgan]] *POW [[Powys]] *SGM [[South Glamorgan]] *WGM [[West Glamorgan]] {{Div col end}} ==Northern Ireland== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *ANT [[County Antrim|Antrim]] *ARM [[County Armagh|Armagh]] *DOW [[County Down|Down]] *FER [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]] *LDY [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] *TYR [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] {{Div col end}} ==Ireland== {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *CAR [[County Carlow|Carlow]] *CAV [[County Cavan|Cavan]] *CLA [[County Clare|Clare]] *COR [[County Cork|Cork]] *DON [[County Donegal|Donegal]] *DUB [[County Dublin|Dublin]] *GAL [[County Galway|Galway]] *KER [[County Kerry|Kerry]] *KID [[County Kildare|Kildare]] *KIK [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] *LET [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]] *LEX [[County Laois|Leix]] (formerly Queen's) *LIM [[County Limerick|Limerick]] *LOG [[County Longford|Longford]] *LOU [[County Louth|Louth]] *MAY [[County Mayo|Mayo]] *MEA [[County Meath|Meath]] *MOG [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]] *OFF [[County Offaly|Offaly]] (formerly King's) *ROS [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]] *SLI [[County Sligo|Sligo]] *TIP [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] *WAT [[County Waterford|Waterford]] *WEM [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]] *WEX [[County Wexford|Wexford]] *WIC [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] {{Div col end}} ==See also== * [[Historic counties of England]] * [[Shires of Scotland|Historic counties of Scotland]] * [[Historic counties of Wales]] * [[Counties of Northern Ireland]] ==References== * [https://www.lochinpublishing.org.uk/about The Chapman County Code for British Isles Counties], Lochin Publishing, accessed 13 October 2019 [[Category:Geocodes]] [[Category:British genealogy]] [[Category:Irish genealogy]]
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