Chapman County Codes
Chapman County Codes are the accepted abbreviations for the names of counties in the British Isles used by genealogists.
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England before 1974
Chapman Abbreviation |
County | Other Common Names, Abbreviations & Notes |
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BDF | Bedfordshire | Beds. |
BRK | Berkshire | Berks. |
BKM | Buckinghamshire | Bucks. |
CAM | Cambridgeshire | Cambs. |
CHS | Cheshire | |
CON | Cornwall | |
CUL | Cumberland | |
DBY | Derbyshire | Derbys. |
DEV | Devon | |
DOR | Dorset | |
DUR | Durham | |
ESS | Essex | |
GLS | Gloucestershire | Glos. |
HAM | Hampshire | Hants. |
HEF | Herefordshire | |
HRT | Hertfordshire | |
HUN | Huntingdonshire | Hunts. |
KEN | Kent | |
LAN | Lancashire | Lancs. |
LEC | Leicestershire | Was LEI; Leics. |
LIN | Lincolnshire | Lincs. |
LND | London | the city - see also Middlesex, Surrey & other surrounding counties |
MDX | Middlesex | |
NFK | Norfolk | |
NTH | Northamptonshire | Northants. |
NBL | Northumberland | |
NTT | Nottinghamshire | Notts. |
OXF | Oxfordshire | Oxon. |
RUT | Rutland | |
SAL | Shropshire | Salop. |
SOM | Somerset | |
STS | Staffordshire | Staffs. |
SFK | Suffolk | |
SRY | Surrey | |
SSX | Sussex | |
WAR | Warwickshire | Warks. |
WES | Westmorland | |
WIL | Wiltshire | Wilts. |
WOR | Worcestershire | Worcs. |
YKS | Yorkshire | Yorks. Consists of 3 Ridings: West, North & East |
WRY | West Riding of Yorkshire | |
ERY | East Riding of Yorkshire | |
NRY | North Riding of Yorkshire | |
Cumbria | New in 1974: see Cumberland, Lancashire & Westmorland | |
Isle of Wight | see Hampshire |
Scotland before 1974
Chapman Abbreviation |
County | Other Common Names, Abbreviations & Notes |
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ABD | Aberdeenshire | |
ANS | Angus | also Forfarshire |
ARL | Argyllshire | |
AYR | Ayrshire | |
BAN | Banffshire | |
BEW | Berwickshire | |
BUT | Bute | |
CAI | Caithness | |
CLK | Clackmannanshire | |
DFS | Dumfriesshire | |
DNB | Dunbartonshire | |
ELN | East Lothian | |
FIF | Fife | |
INV | Inverness-shire | |
KCD | Kincardineshire | |
KKD | Kircudbright-shire | |
KRS | Kinross | |
LKS | Lanarkshire | |
MLN | Midlothian | also Edinburghshire |
MOR | Moray | |
NAI | Nairnshire | |
OKI | Orkney Isles | |
PEE | Peebleshire | |
PER | Perthshire | |
RFW | Renfrewshire | |
ROC | Ross & Cromarty | |
ROX | Roxburghshire | |
SEL | Selkirkshire | |
SHI | Shetland Isles | |
STI | Stirlingshire | |
SUT | Sutherland | |
WLN | West Lothian | also Linlithgow |
WIG | Wigtownshire |
Wales before 1974
Chapman Abbreviation |
County | Other Common Names, Abbreviations & Notes |
---|---|---|
AGY | Anglesey | |
BRE | Breconshire | |
CAE | Caernarvonshire | |
CGN | Cardiganshire | |
CMN | Carmarthenshire | |
DEN | Denbighshire | |
FLN | Flintshire | |
GLA | Glamorgan | |
MER | Merionethshire | |
MON | Monmouthshire | |
MGY | Montgomeryshire | |
PEM | Pembrokeshire | |
RAD | Radnorshire |