Old Abbreviation

County or Town

Chapman Code

Angl.
Avon

Anglesey
Avon

Agy.

Beds.
Berks.
Bre.
Bucks.

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Brecknock
Buckinghamshire

Bdf.
Brk.
Bre.
Bkm.

Camb., Cambs.
Card.
Carm.
Carn.
Cest., Ches.
Clwyd
Cornw., Corn.
Cumb.

Cambridgeshire
Cardiganshire
Carmarthenshire
Carnarvonshire
Cheshire
Clwyd
Cornwall
Cumberland

Cam.
Cgn.
Cmn.
Cae.
Chs.

Con.
Cul.

Denb.
Derb., Derbs.
Devon.
Dorset., Dors.
Dur.
Dyfed

Denbigh
Derbyshire
Devonshire
Dorsetshire
Durham
Dyfed

Den.
Dby.
Dev.
Dor.
Dur.

Essex, Esx.
Exon.

Essex
Exeter

Ess.

Flint.

Flintshire

Fln.

Glam.
Glouc., Glos.
GL
GM
Gwent
Gynd.

Glamorganshire
Gloucestershire
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Gwent
Gwynedd

Gla.
Gls.

Hants. or Southton.
Heref.
H & W
Herts.
Humb.
Hunts.

Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hereford & Worcester
Hertfordshire
Humberside
Huntingdonshire

Ham.
Hef.
see separate
Hrt.

Hun.

IOW

Isle of Wight

IOW

Kent

Kent

Ken.

Lanc., Lancs.
Leics.
Lincs.
Lond.

Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
London

Lan.
Lei.
Lin.
Lnd.

Mers.
Merion.
Midd.
Monm.
Mont.

Mersyside
Merioneth
Middlesex
Monmouth
Montgomery

Mer.

Mdx.
Mon.
Mgy.

Norf., Nflk
Northants.
Northton.
Northumb., Northld
Norw.
Notts.

Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Norwich
Nottinghamshire

Nfk.
Nth.
Nth.
Nbl.

Ntt.

Oxon.

Oxfordshire

Oxf.

Pemb.
Powys

Pembrokeshire
Powys

Pem.

Rad.
Rutl.

Radnor
Rutland

Rad.
Rut.

Salop., Shrops.
Sarum.
Somst., Som.
Southton. or Hants.
Staffs.
Suff., Sflk
Surr., Sry.
Suss.

Shropshire
Salisbury
Somersetshire
Hampshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex

Sal.

Som.
Ham.
Sts.
Sfk.
Sry.
Ssx.

T & W
Warw., Warks.
Westm.
W Mids.
Wilts.
Winton
Worcs.

Tyne & Wear
Warwickshire
Westmoreland
West Midlands
Wiltshire
Winchester
Worcestershire

War.
Wes.

Wil.

Wor.

Yorks.
E. Yorks. / Riding
N. Yorks. / Riding
W. Yorks. / Riding

Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
North Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

Yks.
Ery.
Nry.
Wry.

Scotland

Old Abbreviation

County or Town

Chapman Code

Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyllshire
Ayrshire

ABD
ANS
ARL
AYR

Banff.

Banffshire
Berwickshire
Buteshire

BAN
BEW
BUT

Clacks.

Caithness-shire
Clackmannanshire

CAI
CLK

Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire

DFS
DNB

East Lothian

ELN

Fife

Fifeshire
Forfarshire

FIF
ANS

Invernesshire

INV

Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire

KCD
KRS
KKD

Lanark

Lanarkshire

LKS

Midlothian
Moray

MLN
MOR

Nairnshire

NAI

Orkneys

Orkney Isles

OKI

Peebles
Perth

Peeblesshire
Perthshire

PEE
PER

Renfrewshire
Ross & Cromarty
Roxburghshire

RFW
ROC
ROX

Selkirkshire
Shetland Isles
Stirlingshire
Sutherland

SEL
SHI
STI
SUT

West Lothian
Wigtownshire

WLN
WIG