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Chapman codes are largely a superset of the GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland and their surrounding islands, but covering historical divisions. They were created by Dr Colin Chapman, and are widely used in genealogy.
Country codes
Channel Islands
- CHI Channel Islands
- ALD Alderney
- GSY Guernsey
- JSY Jersey
- SRK Sark
England
Traditional counties
- BDF Bedfordshire
- BRK Berkshire
- BKM Buckinghamshire
- CAM Cambridgeshire
- CHS Cheshire
- CON Cornwall
- CUL Cumberland
- DBY Derbyshire
- DEV Devonshire
- DOR Dorset
- DUR 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 only)
- 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 Yorkshire East Riding
- NRY Yorkshire North Riding
- WRY Yorkshire West Riding
1975-1996 counties
- AVN Avon
- CLV Cleveland
- CMA Cumbria
- GTM Greater Manchester
- HUM Humberside
- HWR Hereford and Worcester
- MSY Merseyside
- NYK North Yorkshire
- SXE East Sussex
- SXW West Sussex
- SYK South Yorkshire
- TWR Tyne and Wear
- WMD West Midlands
- WYK West Yorkshire
Ireland
- ANT Antrim
- ARM Armagh
- CAR Carlow
- CAV Cavan
- CLA Clare
- COR Cork
- DON Donegal
- DOW Down
- DUB Dublin
- FER Fermanagh
- GAL Galway
- KER Kerry
- KID Kildare
- KIK Kilkenny
- LET Leitrim
- LEX Leix (Queen's)
- LIM Limerick
- LDY Londonderry
- LOG Longford
- LOU Louth
- MAY Mayo
- MEA Meath
- MOG Monaghan
- OFF Offaly (King's)
- ROS Roscommon
- SLI Sligo
- TIP Tipperary
- TYR Tyrone
- WAT Waterford
- WEM Westmeath
- WEX Wexford
- WIC Wicklow
Isle of Man
- IOM Isle of Man
Scotland
- ABD Aberdeenshire
- ANS Angus
- ARL Argyllshire
- AYR Ayrshire
- BAN Banffshire
- BEW Berwickshire
- BUT Bute (Buteshire)
- CAI Caithness
- CLK Clackmannanshire
- DFS Dumfriesshire
- DNB Dunbartonshire
- ELN East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- FIF Fife
- ANS Angus (Forfarshire)
- INV Inverness-shire
- KCD Kincardineshire
- KRS Kinross-shire
- KKD Kirkcudbrightshire
- LKS Lanarkshire
- MLN Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
- MOR Moray (Elginshire)
- NAI Nairnshire
- OKI Orkney Isles
- PEE Peeblesshire
- PER Perthshire
- RFW Renfrewshire
- ROC Ross and Cromarty
- ROX Roxburghshire
- SEL Selkirkshire
- SHI Shetland Isles
- STI Stirlingshire
- SUT Sutherland
- WLN West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- WIG Wigtownshire
1975-1996 regions
- BOR Borders
- CEN Central
- DGY Dumfries & Galloway
- FIF Fife
- GMP Grampian
- HLD Highland
- LTN Lothian
- OKI Orkney Isles
- SHI Shetland Isles
- STD Strathclyde
- TAY Tayside
- WIS Western Isles
Wales
Traditional counties
- AGY Anglesey
- BRE Brecknockshire (Breconshire)
- CAE Caernarvonshire
- CGN Cardiganshire
- CMN Carmarthenshire
- DEN Denbighshire
- FLN Flintshire
- GLA Glamorgan
- MER Merionethshire
- MON Monmouthshire
- MGY Montgomeryshire
- PEM Pembrokeshire
- RAD Radnorshire
1975-1996 counties
- CWD Clwyd
- DFD Dyfed
- GNT Gwent
- GWN Gwynedd
- MGM Mid Glamorgan
- POW Powys
- SGM South Glamorgan
- WGM West Glamorgan
"Chapman code"