Introduction
“Wherever possible I utilised the systems formerly proposed and used by the English Place Name Society and the Society of Genealogists as the basis for the present system; where necessary I extended the abbreviations from those systems to three letters in such a way that when these are truncated, the former system is regained.”
Source: Dr Colin Chapman June 1979
Read Dr Chapman’s article on the Lochin Publishing website.
England
| England | ENG |
|---|---|
| All Counties | ALL |
| Bedfordshire | BDF |
| Berkshire | BRK |
| Buckinghamshire | BKM |
| Cambridgeshire | CAM |
| Cheshire | CHS |
| Cornwall | CON |
| Cumberland | CUL |
| Derbyshire | DBY |
| Devonshire | DEV |
| Dorsetshire | DOR |
| Durham | DUR |
| Essex | ESS |
| Gloucestershire | GLS |
| Hampshire | HAM |
| Herefordshire | HEF |
| Hertfordshire | HRT |
| Huntingdonshire | HUN |
| Kent | KEN |
| Lancashire | LAN |
| Leicestershire | LEI |
| Lincolnshire | LIN |
| London(City) | LND |
| Middlesex | MDX |
| Norfolk | NFK |
| Northamptonshire | NTH |
| Northumberland | NBL |
| Nottinghamshire | NTT |
| Oxfordshire | OXF |
| Rutland | RUT |
| Shropshire | SAL |
| Somerset | SOM |
| Staffordshire | STS |
| Suffolk | SFK |
| Surrey | SRY |
| Sussex | SSX |
| Warwickshire | WAR |
| Westmoreland | WES |
| Wiltshire | WIL |
| Worcestershire | WOR |
| Yorkshire | YKS |
| Yorkshire East Riding | ERY |
| Yorkshire North Riding | NRY |
| Yorkshire West Riding | WRY |
Scotland
| Scotland | SCT |
|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire | ABD |
| Angus | ANS |
| Argylshire | ARL |
| Ayrshire | AYR |
| Banffshire | BAN |
| Berwickshire | BEW |
| Bute | BUT |
| Caithness-shire | CAI |
| Clackmannanshire | CLK |
| Dumfriesshire | DFS |
| Dunbartonshire | DNB |
| East Lothian | ELN |
| Fifeshire | FIF |
| Forfarshire | ANS |
| Inverness-shire | INV |
| Kincardineshire | KCD |
| Kinross-shire | KRS |
| Kirkcudbrightshire | KKD |
| Lanarkshire | LKS |
| Midlothian | MLN |
| Moray | MOR |
| Nairnshire | NAI |
| Orkney Isles | OKI |
| Peebleshire | PEE |
| Perthshire | PER |
| Renfrewshire | RFW |
| Ross and Cromarty | ROC |
| Roxburghshire | ROX |
| Selkirkshire | SEL |
| Shetland Isles | SHI |
| Stirlingshire | STI |
| Sutherland | SUT |
| West Lothian | WLN |
| Wigtownshire | WIG |
Wales
| Wales | WLS |
|---|---|
| Anglesey | AGY |
| Brecknockshire | BRE |
| Caernarvonshire | CAE |
| Cardiganshire | CGN |
| Carmarthenshire | CMN |
| Denbighshire | DEN |
| Flintshire | FLN |
| Glamorgan | GLA |
| Merionethshire | MER |
| Monmouthshire | MON |
| Montgomeryshire | MGY |
| Pembrokeshire | PEM |
| Radnorshire | RAD |
Ireland
| Ireland (Eire) | IRL |
|---|---|
| Antrim | ANT |
| Armagh | ARM |
| Carlow | CAR |
| Cavan | CAV |
| Clare | CLA |
| Cork | COR |
| Donegal | DON |
| Down | DOW |
| Dublin | DUB |
| Fermanagh | FER |
| Galway | GAL |
| Kerry | KER |
| Kildare | KID |
| Kilkenny | KIK |
| Leitrim | LET |
| Leix (Queens) | LEX |
| Limerick | LIM |
| Londonderry | LDY |
| Longford | LOG |
| Louth | LOU |
| Mayo | MAY |
| Meath | MEA |
| Monaghan | MOG |
| Offaly (Kings) | OFF |
| Ross Common | ROS |
| Sligo | SLI |
| Tipperary | TIP |
| Tyrone | TYR |
| Waterford | WAT |
| Westmeath | WEM |
| Wexford | WEX |
| Wicklow | WIC |
Channel Islands
| Channel Islands | CHI |
|---|---|
| Alderney | ALD |
| Guernsey | GSY |
| Jersey | JSY |
| Sark | SRK |
| Isle of Man | IOM |
| Isle of Wight | IOW |