The primary purpose of this table is to provide a look-up for Chapman Codes (abbreviations) - rather than to provide codes for places. Consequently it is arranged alphabetically by code.
 
  1. There was a reorganisations of counties in 1974 in England and Wales - which involved boundary changes which created some new administrative areas as well as changes to existing areas and counties. Similarly for Scotland during 1975.
  2. The suffix 'shire' is now often dropped for some counties. e.g. Berks - Bucks - Devon - Dorset - Hants (for Hampshire) - Herts - Hunts - Lancs - Rutland - Somerset etc.

England (ENG) 

before 1974 (post 1974 counties shown in brackets)
AVN
(Avon)
BFD
Bedfordshire
BKM
Buckinghamshire
BRK
Berkshire
CAM
Cambridgeshire
CHS
Cheshire
CLV
(Clevland)
CMA
(Cumbria)
CON
Cornwall
CUL
Cumberland
DBY
Derbyshire
DEV
Devonshire
DOR
Dorsetshire
DUR
Durham
ERY
East Ridings Yorkshire
ESS
Essex
GLS
Gloucestershire
HAM
Hampshire
HEF
Herefordshire
HRT
Hertfordshire
HUM
(Humberside)
HUN
Huntingdonshire
IOM
Isle of Man
IOW
Isle of Wight
KEN
Kent
LAN
Lancashire
LEI
Leicestershire
LIN
Lincolnshire
LND
City of London
MDX
Middlesex
MSY
(Merseyside)
NBL
Northumberland
NFK
Norfolk
NRY
North Ridings Yorkshire
NTH
Northamptonshire
NTT
Nottinghamshire
NYK
(North Yorkshire)
OXF
Oxfordshire
RUT
Rutlandshire
SAL
Shropshire
SFK
Suffolk
SOM
Somersetshire
STS
Staffordshire
SRY
Surrey
SSX
Sussex
SXE
(East Sussex)
SXW
(West Sussex)
SYK
(South Yorkshire)
WAR
Warwickshire
WES
Westmorland
WIL
Wiltshire
WMD
(West Midlands)
WOR
Worcestershire
WRY
West Ridings Yorkshire
WYK
(West Yorkshire)
YKS
Yorkshire

Wales (WLS)

before 1974 (post 1974 counties shown in brackets)
AGY
Anglesay
BRE
Breconshire
CAE
Caernarvenshire
CGN
Cardiganshire
CMN
Carmarthenshire
CWD
Clwyd
DEN
Denbighshire
DFD
(Dyfed)
FLN
Flintshire
GLA
Glamorganshire
GNT
(Gwent)
GYN
(Gwynedd)
MER
Merionethshire
MGM
(Mid Glamorgan)
MGY
Montgomeryshire
MON
Monmouthshire
PEM
Pembrokeshire
POW
(Powis)
RAD
Radnorshire

SCOTLAND (SCT)

before 1975 (post 1975 counties shown in brackets)
ABD
Aberdeenshire
ANS
Angus
aka: Forfarshire
ARL
Argyllshire
AYR
Ayrshire
BAN
Banffshire
BEW
Berwickshire
BUT
Buteshire
CAI
Caithness-shire
CLK
Clackmannanshire
DFS
Dumfrieshire
DNB
Dumbartonshire
ELN
East Lothian
aka: Haddingtonshire
FIF
Fifeshire
INV
Inverness-shire
KCD
Kincardinshire
KRS
Kinross-shire
KKD
Kircudbrightshire
LKS
Lanarkshire
LTN
(Lothian)
MLN
Midlothian
aka: Edinburghshire
MOR
Morayshire
NAI
Nairnshire
OKI
Orkney Isles
PEE
Peeblesshire
PER
Perthshire
RFW
Renfrewshire
ROC
Ross-shire & Cromertyshire
ROX
Roxburghshire
SEL
Selkirkshire
SHI
Shetland Isle
STD
(Strathclyde)
STI
Stirlingshire
SUT
Sutherland
TAY
(Tayside)
WIG
Wigtownshire
WI'S
Western Isle
WLN
(West Lothian)
aka: Linlithgowshire

IRELAND (IRL)

CAR
Carlow
CAV
Cavan
CLA
Clare
COR
Cork
DON
Donegal
DUB
Dublin
GAL
Galway
KER
Kerry
KID
Kildare
KIK
Kilkenny
LET
Leitrim
LEX
Leix (Queens)
LIM
Limerick
LOG
Longford
LOU
Louth
MAY
Mayo
MEA
Meath
MOG
Monoghan
OFF
Offlay (Kings)
ROC
Roscommon
SLI
Sligo
TIP
Tipperary
WAT
Waterford
WEM
Westmeath
WEX
Wexford
WIC
Wicklow

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR)

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

CHANNEL ISLANDS (CHI)

ALD
Alderney
GSY
Gurnsey
JSY
Jersey
SRK
Sark

COUNTRIES

AUS
Australia
CAN
Canada
EGY
Egypt
FRA
France
GER
Germany
HOL
Holland
IND
India
NFD
Newfoundland
NZ
New Zealand
POR
Portugal
SA
South Africa
SP
Spain
USA
United States of America
WI
West Indies
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