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Chapman code

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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.

Use

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They were created by the historian, Dr. Colin R Chapman, in the late 1970s, and as intended, provide a widely used shorthand in genealogy which follows the common practice of describing areas in terms of the counties existing in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Other uses

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Chapman codes have no mapping, postal or administrative use. They can however be useful for disambiguation by postal services where a full county name or traditional abbreviation is not supplied after a place name which has more than one occurrence, a particular problem where these are post towns such as Richmond.

Country codes

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Channel Islands

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England

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Historic counties

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Administrative areas

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Scotland

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Historic counties

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1975–1996 regions

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Wales

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Historic counties

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1974–1996

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Northern Ireland

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Ireland

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See also

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References

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