Chapman codes 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. The codes in this version are for the pre-1974 counties.
They are listed here to assist with identifying records in the Member's and Surname Interest, Strays and other tables on the website.
Code |
County |
Country |
| ABD | Aberdeenshire | Scotland |
| AGY | Anglesey | Wales |
| ALD | Alderney | Channel Islands |
| ANS | Angus | Scotland |
| ANT | Antrim | Northern Ireland |
| ARG | Armagh | Northern Ireland |
| ARL | Argyllshire | Scotland |
| AYR | Ayrshire | Scotland |
| BAN | Banffshire | Scotland |
| BDF | Bedfordshire | England |
| BEW | Berwickshire | Scotland |
| BKM | Buckinghamshire | England |
| BRE | Breconshire | England |
| BRK | Berkshire | England |
| BUT | Bute | Scotland |
| CAE | Caernarvonshire | Wales |
| CAI | Caithness | Scotland |
| CAM | Cambridgeshire | England |
| CAR | Carlow | Ireland |
| CAV | Cavan | Ireland |
| CGN | Cardiganshire | Wales |
| CHS | Cheshire | England |
| CLA | Clare | Ireland |
| CLK | Clackmannanshire | Scotland |
| CMN | Carmarthenshire | Wales |
| CON | Cornwall | England |
| COR | Cork | Ireland |
| CUL | Cumberland | England |
| DBY | Derbyshire | England |
| DEN | Denbighshire | Wales |
| DEV | Devonshire | England |
| DFS | Dumfries | Scotland |
| DON | Donegal | Ireland |
| DOR | Dorset | England |
| DOW | Down | Northern Ireland |
| DUB | Dublin | Ireland |
| DUR | Durham | England |
| ELN | East Lothian | Scotland |
| ERY | East Riding of Yorkshire | England |
| ESS | Essex | England |
| FER | Fermanagh | Northern Ireland |
| FIF | Fifeshire | Scotland |
| FLN | Flintshire | Scotland |
| GAL | Galway | Ireland |
| GLA | Glamorganshire | Wales |
| GLS | Gloucestershire | England |
| GSY | Guernsey | Channel Islands |
| HAM | Hampshire | England |
| HEF | Herefordshire | England |
| HRT | Hertfordshire | England |
| HUN | Huntingdonshire | England |
| INV | Inverness-shire | Scotland |
| IOM | Isle of Man | |
| IOW | Isle of Wight | England |
| JSY | Jersey | Channel Islands |
| KED | Kincardineshire | Scotland |
| KEN | Kent | England |
| KER | Kerry | Ireland |
| KID | Kildare | Ireland |
| KIK | Kilkenny | Ireland |
| KRD | Kircudbrightshire | Scotland |
| KRN | Kinross-shire | Scotland |
| LAN | Lancashire | England |
| LDY | Londonderry | Northern Ireland |
| LEI | Leicestershire | England |
| LET | Leitrim | Ireland |
| LEX | Leix (Queens) | Ireland |
| LIM | Limerick | Ireland |
| LIN | Lincolnshire | England |
| LKS | Lanarkshire | Scotland |
| LND | London | England |
| LOG | Longford | Ireland |
| LOU | Louth | Ireland |
| MAY | Mayo | Ireland |
| MDX | Middlesex | England |
| MEA | Meath | Ireland |
| MER | Merionethshire | Wales |
| MGY | Montgomeryshire | Wales |
| MLN | Midlothian | Scotland |
| MOG | Monoghan | Ireland |
| MON | Monmouthshire | Wales |
| MOR | Moray | Scotland |
| NAI | Nairnshire | Scotland |
| NBL | Northumberland | England |
| NFK | Norfolk | England |
| NRY | North Riding of Yorkshire | England |
| NTH | Northamptonshire | England |
| NTT | Nottinghamshire | England |
| OFF | Offaly | Ireland |
| OXF | Oxfordshire | England |
| PEE | Peebleshire | Scotland |
| PEM | Pembrokeshire | Wales |
| PER | Perthshire | Scotland |
| RAD | Radnorshire | Wales |
| RFW | Renfrewshire | Scotland |
| ROC | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland |
| ROS | Roscommon | Ireland |
| ROX | Roxburghshire | Scotland |
| RUT | Rutland | England |
| SAL | Shropshire | England |
| SEL | Selkirkshire | Scotland |
| SFK | Suffolk | England |
| SLI | Sligo | Ireland |
| SOM | Somerset | England |
| SRK | Sark | Channel Islands |
| SRY | Surrey | England |
| SSX | Sussex | England |
| STI | Stirlingshire | Scotland |
| STS | Staffordshire | England |
| SUT | Sutherland | Scotland |
| TIP | Tipperary | Ireland |
| TYR | Tyrone | Northern Ireland |
| WAR | Warwickshire | England |
| WAT | Waterford | Ireland |
| WEM | Westmeath | Ireland |
| WES | Westmorland | England |
| WEX | Wexford | Ireland |
| WIC | Wicklow | Ireland |
| WIG | Wigtownshire | Scotland |
| WIL | Wiltshire | England |
| WLN | West Lothian | Scotland |
| WOR | Worcestershire | England |
| WRY | West Riding of Yorkshire | England |