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<p><span class="autocomment">Use: </span> wording</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|3-letter codes used in genealogy}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Chapman codes&#039;&#039;&#039; 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]].<br /> <br /> ==Use==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> ==Other uses==<br /> 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]].<br /> <br /> ==Country codes==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *CHI [[Channel Islands]]<br /> *ENG [[England]]<br /> *IOM [[Isle of Man]]<br /> *IRL [[Ireland]]<br /> *NIR [[Northern Ireland]]<br /> *SCT [[Scotland]]<br /> *WLS [[Wales]]<br /> *ALL All countries<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==Channel Islands==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *ALD [[Alderney]]<br /> *GSY [[Guernsey]]<br /> *JSY [[Jersey]]<br /> *SRK [[Sark]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==England==<br /> ===Historic counties===<br /> <br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *BDF [[Bedfordshire]]<br /> *BRK [[Berkshire]]<br /> *BKM [[Buckinghamshire]]<br /> *CAM [[Cambridgeshire]]<br /> *CHS [[Cheshire]]<br /> *CON [[Cornwall]]<br /> *CUL [[Cumberland]]<br /> *DBY [[Derbyshire]]<br /> *DEV [[Devon]]shire<br /> *DOR [[Dorset]]<br /> *DUR [[County Durham|Durham]]<br /> *ESS [[Essex]]<br /> *GLS [[Gloucestershire]]<br /> *HAM [[Hampshire]]<br /> *HEF [[Herefordshire]]<br /> *HRT [[Hertfordshire]]<br /> *HUN [[Huntingdonshire]]<br /> *KEN [[Kent]]<br /> *LAN [[Lancashire]]<br /> *LEI [[Leicestershire]]<br /> *LIN [[Lincolnshire]]<br /> *MDX [[Middlesex]]<br /> *NFK [[Norfolk]]<br /> *NTH [[Northamptonshire]]<br /> *NBL [[Northumberland]]<br /> *NTT [[Nottinghamshire]]<br /> *OXF [[Oxfordshire]]<br /> *RUT [[Rutland]]<br /> *SAL [[Shropshire]] (Salop)<br /> *SOM [[Somerset]]<br /> *STS [[Staffordshire]]<br /> *SFK [[Suffolk]]<br /> *SRY [[Surrey]]<br /> *SSX [[Sussex]]<br /> *WAR [[Warwickshire]]<br /> *WES [[Westmorland]]<br /> *WIL [[Wiltshire]]<br /> *WOR [[Worcestershire]]<br /> *YKS [[Yorkshire]]<br /> **ERY [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]]<br /> **NRY [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]]<br /> **WRY [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ===Administrative areas===<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *AVN [[Avon (county)|Avon]]<br /> *CLV [[Cleveland (county)|Cleveland]]<br /> *CMA [[Cumbria]]<br /> *SXE [[East Sussex]]<br /> *GTM [[Greater Manchester]]<br /> *HWR [[Hereford and Worcester]]<br /> *HUM [[Humberside]]<br /> *IOW [[Isle of Wight]]<br /> *LND [[London]]<br /> *MSY [[Merseyside]]<br /> *WMD [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]<br /> *NYK [[North Yorkshire]]<br /> *SYK [[South Yorkshire]]<br /> *TWR [[Tyne and Wear]]<br /> *SXW [[West Sussex]]<br /> *WYK [[West Yorkshire]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==Scotland==<br /> ===Historic counties===<br /> <br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *ABD [[Aberdeenshire (historic)|Aberdeenshire]]<br /> *ANS [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]] (formerly Forfarshire)<br /> *ARL [[Argyll]] (Argyllshire)<br /> *AYR [[Ayrshire]]<br /> *BAN [[Banffshire]]<br /> *BEW [[Berwickshire]]<br /> *BUT [[County of Bute|Bute]] (Buteshire)<br /> *CAI [[Caithness]]<br /> *CLK [[Clackmannanshire]]<br /> *DFS [[Dumfriesshire]]<br /> *DNB [[Dunbartonshire]]<br /> *ELN [[East Lothian]] (formerly Haddingtonshire)<br /> *FIF [[Fife]]<br /> *INV [[Inverness-shire]]<br /> *KCD [[Kincardineshire]]<br /> *KRS [[Kinross-shire]]<br /> *KKD [[Kirkcudbrightshire]]<br /> *LKS [[Lanarkshire]]<br /> *MLN [[Midlothian]] (formerly Edinburghshire)<br /> *MOR [[County of Moray|Moray]] (formerly Elginshire)<br /> *NAI [[Nairnshire]]<br /> *OKI [[Orkney]]<br /> *PEE [[Peeblesshire]]<br /> *PER [[Perthshire]]<br /> *RFW [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]]<br /> *ROC [[Ross and Cromarty]]<br /> *ROX [[Roxburghshire]]<br /> *SEL [[Selkirkshire]]<br /> *SHI [[Shetland]]<br /> *STI [[Stirlingshire]]<br /> *SUT [[Sutherland]]<br /> *WLN [[West Lothian]] (formerly Linlithgowshire)<br /> *WIG [[Wigtownshire]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ===1975–1996 regions===<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *BOR [[Scottish Borders|Borders]]<br /> *CEN [[Central Region, Scotland|Central]]<br /> *DGY [[Dumfries and Galloway]]<br /> *FIF [[Fife]]<br /> *GMP [[Grampian]]<br /> *HLD [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]<br /> *LTN [[Lothian]]<br /> *OKI [[Orkney Islands|Orkney Isles]]<br /> *SHI [[Shetland Islands|Shetland Isles]]<br /> *STD [[Strathclyde]]<br /> *TAY [[Tayside]]<br /> *WIS [[Western Isles]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==Wales==<br /> ===Historic counties===<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *AGY [[Isle of Anglesey|Anglesey]]<br /> *BRE [[Brecknockshire]]<br /> *CAE [[Caernarfonshire]]<br /> *CGN [[Ceredigion|Cardiganshire]]<br /> *CMN [[Carmarthenshire]]<br /> *DEN [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]]<br /> *FLN [[Flintshire (historic)|Flintshire]]<br /> *GLA [[Glamorgan]]<br /> *MER [[Merionethshire]]<br /> *MON [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]]<br /> *MGY [[Montgomeryshire]]<br /> *PEM [[Pembrokeshire]]<br /> *RAD [[Radnorshire]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ===1974–1996===<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *CWD [[Clwyd]]<br /> *DFD [[Dyfed]]<br /> *GNT [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]]<br /> *GWN [[Gwynedd]]<br /> *MGM [[Mid Glamorgan]]<br /> *POW [[Powys]]<br /> *SGM [[South Glamorgan]]<br /> *WGM [[West Glamorgan]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==Northern Ireland==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> <br /> *ANT [[County Antrim|Antrim]]<br /> *ARM [[County Armagh|Armagh]]<br /> *DOW [[County Down|Down]]<br /> *FER [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]]<br /> *LDY [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]]<br /> *TYR [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==Ireland==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=15em}}<br /> *CAR [[County Carlow|Carlow]]<br /> *CAV [[County Cavan|Cavan]]<br /> *CLA [[County Clare|Clare]]<br /> *COR [[County Cork|Cork]]<br /> *DON [[County Donegal|Donegal]]<br /> *DUB [[County Dublin|Dublin]]<br /> *GAL [[County Galway|Galway]]<br /> *KER [[County Kerry|Kerry]]<br /> *KID [[County Kildare|Kildare]]<br /> *KIK [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]<br /> *LET [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]]<br /> *LEX [[County Laois|Leix]] (formerly Queen&#039;s)<br /> *LIM [[County Limerick|Limerick]]<br /> *LOG [[County Longford|Longford]]<br /> *LOU [[County Louth|Louth]]<br /> *MAY [[County Mayo|Mayo]]<br /> *MEA [[County Meath|Meath]]<br /> *MOG [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]]<br /> *OFF [[County Offaly|Offaly]] (formerly King&#039;s)<br /> *ROS [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]]<br /> *SLI [[County Sligo|Sligo]]<br /> *TIP [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]<br /> *WAT [[County Waterford|Waterford]]<br /> *WEM [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]]<br /> *WEX [[County Wexford|Wexford]]<br /> *WIC [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]]<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> * [[Historic counties of England]]<br /> * [[Shires of Scotland|Historic counties of Scotland]]<br /> * [[Historic counties of Wales]]<br /> * [[Counties of Northern Ireland]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> * [https://www.lochinpublishing.org.uk/about The Chapman County Code for British Isles Counties], Lochin Publishing, accessed 13 October 2019<br /> <br /> [[Category:Geocodes]]<br /> [[Category:British genealogy]]<br /> [[Category:Irish genealogy]]</div>

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