Chapman code

Chapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, but covering historical divisions. They were created by Dr Colin Chapman, and are widely used in genealogy.

They have no postal relevance and are not used by the Royal Mail.

Country codes

• CHI Channel Islands
• ENG England
• IOM Isle of Man
• IRL Ireland
• SCT Scotland
• WLS Wales
• ALL All countries

Channel Islands

ALD Alderney GSY Guernsey	JSY Jersey SRK Sark

England

Ancient 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 IOW Isle of Wight KEN Kent LAN Lancashire LEI Leicestershire LIN Lincolnshire	LND London (City only) MDX Middlesex NFK Norfolk NTH Northamptonshire NBL Northumberland NTT Nottinghamshire OXF Oxfordshire RUT Rutland SAL Shropshire SOM Somerset STS Staffordshire SFK Suffolk SRY Surrey SSX Sussex WAR Warwickshire WES Westmorland WIL Wiltshire WOR Worcestershire YKS Yorkshire ERY Yorkshire East Riding NRY Yorkshire North Riding WRY Yorkshire West Riding

Scotland

Ancient counties

ABD Aberdeenshire ANS Angus ARL 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 ANS Angus (formerly Forfarshire) 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

Ancient 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

Ireland

ANT Antrim ARM Armagh CAR Carlow CAV Cavan CLA Clare COR Cork DON Donegal DOW Down DUB Dublin FER Fermanagh GAL Galway KER Kerry KID Kildare KIK Kilkenny LET Leitrim LEX Leix (formerly Queen's)	LIM Limerick LDY Londonderry LOG Longford LOU Louth MAY Mayo MEA Meath MOG Monaghan OFF Offaly (formerly King's) ROS Roscommon SLI Sligo TIP Tipperary TYR Tyrone WAT Waterford WEM Westmeath WEX Wexford WIC Wicklow

References

• Lochin Publishing