Chapman Code

The Chapman Code is a coding system used in genealogy to identify the administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

It was created by Dr Colin Chapman and is largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 systems.

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

Pre-1974 counties

BDF Bedfordshire BRK Berkshire BKM Buckinghamshire CAM Cambridgeshire CHS Cheshire CON Cornwall CUL Cumberland DBY Derbyshire DEV Devon DOR Dorset DUR County 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 of London) 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 East Riding of Yorkshire NRY North Riding of Yorkshire WRY West Riding of Yorkshire

Scotland

Pre-1974 counties

ABD Aberdeenshire ANS Angus (formerly Forfarshire) ARL Argyllshire AYR Ayrshire BAN Banffshire BEW Berwickshire BUT Bute (or 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 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

Pre-1974 counties

AGY Anglesey BRE Breconshire CAE Caernarfonshire CGN Cardiganshire CMN Carmarthenshire DEN Denbighshire FLN Flintshire	GLA Glamorgan MER Merionethshire MON Monmouthshire MGY Montgomeryshire PEM Pembrokeshire RAD Radnorshire

1974-1996 counties

CWD Clwyd DFD Dyfed GNT Gwent GWN Gwynedd	MGM Mid Glamorgan POW Powys SGM South Glamorgan WGM West Glamorgan

Ireland

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