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CHAPMAN
COUNTY CODES
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The first 5 sections list the Chapman County Codes for the British Isles.
They include codes for before and after the reorganisations of counties
that took place in 1974 in England and Wales, and in 1975 in Scotland,
but ignore the break-up into smaller local unitary authorities in 1996.
To view a map of the counties of Great Britain until 1974, click here
To view a map of the counties (and provinces) of Ireland, click here
You MUST use these codes when advising your Member's Interests.
They are listed in alpha order of counties, not codes, for this reason and
to make them easier to find some counties and codes may appear twice
(for example, "Yorkshire, North Riding" and "North Riding of Yorkshire")
CODES USED TO IDENTIFY COUNTRIES
These are listed on a separate page.
Please DO NOT use codes from the last section.
This lists other codes you may come across,
such as in the LDS 1881 GB Census Index,
where some non-standard codes were used.
They have been added solely to make this page
into a comprehensive reference document which
should help you discover what a code represents.
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CODES FOR COUNTIES IN ENGLAND |
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NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) |
CODE |
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| Avon [from 1974] | AVN |
| Bedfordshire | BDF |
| Berkshire | BRK |
| Buckinghamshire | BKM |
| Cambridgeshire | CAM |
| Cheshire | CHS |
| Cleveland [from 1974] | CLV |
| Cornwall | CON |
| Cumberland [until 1974] | CUL |
| Cumbria [from 1974] | CMA |
| Derbyshire | DBY |
| Devon | DEV |
| Dorset | DOR |
| Durham | DUR |
| East Riding of Yorkshire [until 1974] | ERY |
| East Sussex [from 1974] | SXE |
| Essex | ESS |
| Gloucestershire | GLS |
| Greater Manchester [from 1974] | GTM |
| Hampshire | HAM |
| Hereford & Worcester [from 1974] | HWR |
| Herefordshire [until 1974] | HEF |
| Hertfordshire | HRT |
| Humberside [from 1974] | HUM |
| Huntingdonshire [until 1974] | HUN |
| Isle Of Man | IOM |
| Isle of Wight (HAM) | IOW |
| Kent | KEN |
| Lancashire | LAN |
| Leicestershire | LEI |
| Lincolnshire | LIN |
| London | LND |
| Merseyside [from 1974] | MSY |
| Middlesex [until 1974] | MDX |
| Norfolk | NFK |
| North Riding of Yorkshire [until 1974] | NRY |
| North Yorkshire [from 1974] | NYK |
| Northamptonshire | NTH |
| Northumberland | NBL |
| Nottinghamshire | NTT |
| Oxfordshire | OXF |
| Rutlandshire [until 1974] | RUT |
| Shropshire | SAL |
| Somerset | SOM |
| South Yorkshire [from 1974] | SYK |
| Staffordshire | STS |
| Suffolk | SFK |
| Surrey | SRY |
| Sussex [until 1974] | SSX |
| Tyne & Wear [from 1974] | TWR |
| Warwickshire | WAR |
| West Midlands [from 1974] | WMD |
| West Riding of Yorkshire [until 1974] | WRY |
| West Sussex [from 1974] | SXW |
| West Yorkshire [from 1974] | WYK |
| Westmorland [until 1974] | WES |
| Wiltshire | WIL |
| Worcestershire [until 1974] | WOR |
| Yorkshire [until 1974] | YKS |
| Yorkshire, East Riding [until 1974] | ERY |
| Yorkshire, North Riding [until 1974] | NRY |
| Yorkshire, West Riding [until 1974] | WRY |
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CODES FOR COUNTIES IN WALES |
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NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) |
CODE |
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| Anglesey [until 1974] | AGY |
| Breconshire [until 1974] | BRE |
| Caernavonshire [until 1974] | CAE |
| Cardiganshire [until 1974] | CGN |
| Carmarthenshire [until 1974] | CMN |
| Clwyd [from 1974] | CWD |
| Denbighshire [until 1974] | DEN |
| Dyfed [from 1974] | DFD |
| Flint [until 1974] | FLN |
| Glamorganshire [until 1974] | GLA |
| Gwent [from 1974] | GNT |
| Gwynedd [from 1974] | GWN |
| Merionethshire [until 1974] | MER |
| Mid Glamorgan [from 1974] | MGM |
| Monmouthshire [until 1974] | MON |
| Montgomeryshire [until 1974] | MGY |
| Pembrokeshire [until 1974] | PEM |
| Powys [from 1974] | POW |
| Radnorshire [until 1974] | RAD |
| South Glamorgan [from 1974] | SGM |
| West Glamorgan [from 1974] | WGM |
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CODES FOR COUNTIES IN SCOTLAND |
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NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) |
CODE |
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| Aberdeenshire [until 1975] | ABD |
| Angus [until 1975] | ANS |
| Argyllshire [until 1975] | ARL |
| Ayrshire [until 1975] | AYR |
| Banffshire [until 1975] | BAN |
| Berwickshire [until 1975] | BEW |
| Borders (from 1975) | BOR |
| Bute [until 1975] | BUT |
| Caithness-shire [until 1975] | CAI |
| Central Region (from 1975) | CEN |
| Clackmannanshire [until 1975] | CLK |
| Dumfries & Galloway (from 1975) | DGY |
| Dumfriesshire [until 1975] | DFS |
| Dunbartonshire [until 1975] | DNB |
| East Lothian (Haddington) [until 1975] | ELN |
| Edinburgh (see Midlothian) [until 1975] | MLN |
| Elgin (see Moray) [until 1975] | MOR |
| Fife | FIF |
| Forfar (see Angus) [until 1975] | ANS |
| Grampian (from 1975) | GMP |
| Haddington (see East Lothian) [until 1975] | ELN |
| Highland (from 1975) | HLD |
| Inverness-shire [until 1975] | INV |
| Kincardineshire (Mearns) [until 1975] | KCD |
| Kinross-shire [until 1975] | KRS |
| Kirkcudbrightshire [until 1975] | KKD |
| Lanarkshire [until 1975] | LKS |
| Linlithgow (see West Lothian) [until 1975] | WLN |
| Lothian (from 1975) | LTN |
| Mearns (see Kincardineshire) [until 1975] | KCD |
| Midlothian [until 1975] | MLN |
| Moray [until 1975] | MOR |
| Nairnshire [until 1975] | NAI |
| Orkney Isles | OKI |
| Peebleshire [until 1975] | PEE |
| Perthshire [until 1975] | PER |
| Renfrewshire [until 1975] | RFW |
| Ross & Cromarty [until 1975] | ROC |
| Roxburghshire [until 1975] | ROX |
| Selkirkshire [until 1975] | SEL |
| Shetland Isles | SHI |
| Stirlingshire [until 1975] | STI |
| Strathclyde (from 1975) | STD |
| Sutherland [until 1975] | SUT |
| Tayside (from 1975) | TAY |
| West Galloway (see Wigtownshire) [until 1975] | WIG |
| West Lothian [until 1975] | WLN |
| Western Isles (from 1975) | WIS |
| Wigtownshire (West Galloway) [until 1975] | WIG |
| Zetland (see Shetland Isles) [until 1975] | SHI |
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CODES FOR COUNTIES IN IRELAND |
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NAME OF COUNTY (AND ANY COMMENT) |
CODE |
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| Antrim [NIR from 1922] | ANT |
| Armagh [NIR from 1922] | ARM |
| Carlow [EIR from 1922] | CAR |
| Cavan [EIR from 1922] | CAV |
| Clare [EIR from 1922] | CLA |
| Cork [EIR from 1922] | COR |
| Derry (see Londonderry) [NIR from 1922] | LDY |
| Donegal [EIR from 1922] | DON |
| Down [NIR from 1922] | DOW |
| Dublin [EIR from 1922] | DUB |
| Fermanagh [NIR from 1922] | FER |
| Galway [EIR from 1922] | GAL |
| Kerry [EIR from 1922] | KER |
| Kildare [EIR from 1922] | KID |
| Kilkenny [EIR from 1922] | KIK |
| Kings (see Offaly) [EIR from 1922] | OFF |
| Laois (see Leix(Queens)) [EIR from 1922] | LEX |
| Leitrim [EIR from 1922] | LET |
| Leix (Laois, Queens) [EIR from 1922] | LEX |
| Limerick [EIR from 1922] | LIM |
| Londonderry [NIR from 1922] | LDY |
| Longford [EIR from 1922] | LOG |
| Louth [EIR from 1922] | LOU |
| Mayo [EIR from 1922] | MAY |
| Meath [EIR from 1922] | MEA |
| Monoghan [EIR from 1922] | MOG |
| Offaly (Kings) [EIR from 1922] | OFF |
| Queens (see Leix) [EIR from 1922] | LEX |
| Roscommon [EIR from 1922] | ROS |
| Sligo [EIR from 1922] | SLI |
| Tipperary [EIR from 1922] | TIP |
| Tyrone [NIR from 1922] | TYR |
| Waterford [EIR from 1922] | WAT |
| Westmeath [EIR from 1922] | WEM |
| Wexford [EIR from 1922] | WEX |
| Wicklow [EIR from 1922] | WIC |
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CODES FOR THE UK ISLANDS |
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NAME OF ISLAND (AND ANY COMMENT) |
CODE |
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| Alderney (CHI) | ALD |
| Arran (SCT: Bute) [until 1975] | BUT |
| Guernsey (CHI) | GSY |
| Islay (SCT: Argyll) [until 1975] | ARL |
| Isle of Man | IOM |
| Isle of Wight - part of Hampshire (HAM) | IOW |
| Jersey (CHI) | JSY |
| Jura (SCT: Argyll) [until 1975] | ARL |
| Lewis - part (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] | INV |
| Lewis - part (SCT: Ross & Cromarty) [until 1975] | ROC |
| Mull (SCT: Argyll) [until 1975] | ARL |
| North Uist (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] | INV |
| Orkney Isles (SCT) | OKI |
| Sark (CHI) | SRK |
| Scilly Isles - part of Cornwall | CON |
| Shetland Isles (SCT) | SHI |
| Skye (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] | INV |
| South Uist (SCT: Inverness-shire) [until 1975] | INV |
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"NON-STANDARD" COUNTY CODES |
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SOURCES WHERE "NON-CHAPMAN" CODES ARE FOUND:
BSI = British Standards Institution Standardised List
GRD = Genealogical Research Directory Instructions
LDS = Latter Day Saints 1881 GB Census Index, etc
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NAME OF COUNTY WITHIN COUNTRY, AND
SOURCE(S) WHERE FOUND (IN BRACKETS)
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NON-
STD
CODE |
CHAP
-MAN
CODE |
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| ENGLAND | | |
| Berkshire (LDS) | BEK | BRK |
| Buckinghamshire (LDS) | BUK | BKM |
| Leicestershire (BSI & LDS) | LEC | LEI |
| Middlesex (LDS) | MID | MDX |
| Northumberland (LDS) | NTM | NBL |
| Shropshire (BSI & LDS) | SHR | SAL |
| Staffordshire (LDS) | STF | STS |
| Suffolk (LDS) | SUF | SFK |
| Surrey (LDS) | SUR | SRY |
| Sussex (LDS) | SUS | SSX |
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| WALES | | |
| Carmarthenshire (LDS) | CHH | CMN |
| Denbighshire (LDS) | DBG | DEN |
| Monmouthshire (LDS) | MNM | MON |
| Montgomeryshire (LDS) | MNT | MGY |
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| SCOTLAND | | |
| Dumfriesshire (LDS) | DUF | DFS |
| Dunbartonshire (LDS) | DUN | DNB |
| Edinburgh (LDS) should be Midlothian | EDN | MLN |
| Elgin ((LDS) should be Moray | ELG | MOR |
| Forfar (LDS) should be Angus | FOR | ANS |
| Haddington (LDS) should be East Lothian | HAD | ELN |
| Kincardineshire (LDS) | KNC | KCD |
| Kinross-shire (LDS) | KNR | KRS |
| Kirkcudbrightshire (LDS) | KRK | KKD |
| Lanarkshire (LDS) | LAK | LKS |
| Linlithgow (LDS) should be West Lothian | LNL | WLN |
| Orkney Isles (LDS) | ORK | OKI |
| West Lothian (LDS) | WEL | WLN |
| Shetland Isles (BSI) | ZET | SHI |
| Zetland (LDS) should be Shetland Isles | ZET | SHI |
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| Derry (GRD) | DRY | LDY |
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| At Sea (LDS) | ATS | SEA |
| Unknown (LDS) | NK | UNK |
| Ireland (LDS) | IRE | IRL |
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