The Chapman County Codes

The Chapman County Codes were devised for genealogists to make the interchange of information easier, it being accepted that, if a standardised abbreviation is used universally and consistently, then all users will benefit. These, 2 letter codes, were then taken up to form the basis of the British Standard BS 6879;1987.

ENGLAND (ENG)

BDF 	Bedfordshire
BRK 	Berkshire
BKM 	Buckinghamshire
CAM 	Cambridgeshire
CHS 	Cheshire
CON 	Cornwall
CUL 	Cumberland
DBY 	Derbyshire
DEV 	Devon
DOR	Dorset
DUR	Durham
ERY	East Riding Yorkshire
ESS	Essex
GLS	Gloucestershire
HAM	Hampshire
HEF	Herefordshire
HRT	Hertfordshire
HUN	Huntingdonshire
IOW	Isle of Wight
IOS	Isles of Scilly
KEN	Kent
LAN	Lancashire
LEC	Leicestershire
LIN	Lincolnshire
MDX	Middlesex
NFK	Norfolk
NRY	North Riding Yorkshire
NTH	Northamptonshire
NBL	Northumberland
NTT	Nottinghamshire
OXF	Oxfordshire
RUT	Rutland
SHR	Shropshire
SOM	Somerset
STS	Staffordshire
SFK	Suffolk
SRY	Surrey
SSX	Sussex
WAR	Warwickshire
WRY	West Riding Yorkshire
WES	Westmorland
WIL	Wiltshire
WOR	Worcestershire
YKS	Yorkshire

ISLE OF MAN (IOM)

CHANNEL ISLES (CHA)

ALD	Alderney
GSY	Guernsey
JER	Jersey

WALES (WLS)

AGY	Anglesey
BRE	Breconshire
CAE	Caernarvonshire
CGN	Cardiganshire
CMN	Carmarthenshire
DEN	Denbighshire
FLN	Flintshire
GLA	Glamorganshire
MER	Merionethshire
MGY	Montgomeryshire
PEM	Pembrokeshire
RAD	Radnorshire

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR)

ANT	Antrim
ARM	Armagh
DOW	Down
FER	Fermanagh
LDY	Londonderry
TYR	Tyrone

IRELAND (IRL)

CAR	Carlow
CAV	Cavan
CLA	Clare
CNT	Connaught
COR	Cork
DON	Donegal
DUB	Dublin
GAL	Galway
KER	Kerry
KID	Kildare
KIK	Kilkenny
KGS	King's (Offally)
LNR	Leinster
LET	Leitrim
LAS	Leix (Queen's)
LIM	Limerick
LOG	Longford
LOU	Louth
MAY	Mayo
MEA	Meath
MOG	Monaghan
MUN	Munster
OFF	Offally (King's)
QNS	Queen's (Leix)
ROS	Rosscommon
SLI	Sligo
TIP	Tipperary
WAT	Waterford
WEM	Westmeath
WEX	Wexford
WIC	Wicklow

SCOTLAND (SCT)

ABD	Aberdeenshire
ANG	Angus
ARL	Argyllshire
AYR	Ayrshire
BAN	Banffshire
BEW	Berwickshire
BUT	Buteshire
CAI	Caithness
CLK	Clackmananshire
CRM	Cromartyshire
DFS	Dumfries-shire
DNB	Dunbartonshire
ELN	East Lothian
ELG	Elginshire
FIF	Fifeshire
FOR	Forfarshire
INV	Inverness-shire
KCD	Kincardineshire
KRS	Kinross-shire
KKD	Kirkcudbrightshire
LKS	Lanarkshire
LNL	Linlithgowshire
MOR	Morayshire
NAI	Nairnshire
ORK	Orkney
PEE	Peebleshire
PER	Perthshire
RFW	Renfrewshire
ROC	Ross and Cromarty
RSS	Ross-shire
ROX	Roxburghshire
SEL	Selkirkshire
STI	Stirlingshire
SUT	Sutherland
TDD	Tweedale
WLN	West Lothian
WIS	Western Isles
WIG	Wigtownshire
ZET	Shetland