Chapman County Code for British Isles Counties.
List of Chapman County Code abbreviations used in Census transcription.
The Chapman County Code is a standard abbreviations for British counties. The code was compiled by Dr. Colin Chapman in the early 1970s. He originated the three-letter Chapman County Code for British Isles counties which formed the basis for a British Standard and now an International Standard, ISO-3166.
Colin Chapman is a life Vice-President of the Federation of Family History Societies, President of both the Bristol & Avon Family History Society and of the Gloucestershire Family History Society. The code elements are widely used in genealogy. They are listed in alphabetical order of the abbreviation. It must be noted that the counties referred to are those existing prior to 1974 when county names and boundaries were changed. The full Chapman code is here.The County abbreviations, taken from the Chapman Code, and used in the census transcriptions on this website are:-
| Bedfordshire | BDF |
| Buckinghamshire | BKM |
| Berkshire | BRK |
| Cheshire | CHS |
| Cornwall | COR |
| Devon | DEV |
| Gloucestershire | GLS |
| Hampshire | HAM |
| Herefordshire | HER |
| Hertfordshire | HRT |
| Lincolnshire | LIN |
| London | LON |
| Middesex | MDX |
| Norfolk | NOR |
| Oxfordshire | OXF |
| Somerset | SOM |
| Warwickshire | WAR |
| Wiltshire | WIL |
| Yorkshire | YOR |
| Ireland | IRE |
| Pembrokeshire | PEM |
| Scotland | SCT |
| Not Known | NK |
Standard Abbreviations For Relationship To Head Of Household
| apprentice | AP | husband | HU | sister | CI |
| assistant | AS | inmate | N | sister-in-law | CL |
| aunt | AN | journeyman | JM | son | SO |
| boarder | BD | lodger | LG | son-in-law | SL |
| brother | BR | lodger’s dau | LD | son’s wife | SW |
| brother-in-law | BL | lodger’s son | LS | step-brother | SB |
| clerk | CK | lodger’s wife | LW | step-daughter | SD |
| companion | CM | maidservant | MV | step-father | SF |
| cousin | CO | matron | MA | step-mother | SM |
| daughter | DA | mistress | MT | step-sister | SC |
| daughter-in-law | DL | mistress’ dau | MD | step-son | SS |
| father | FA | mistress’ son | MS | stranger | SG |
| father-in-law | FL | mother | MO | teacher | TE |
| foreman | FM | mother-in-law | ML | traveller | TR |
| governess | GO | neice | NC | uncle | UC |
| grand-daughter | GD | nephew | NP | visitor | VR |
| grandfather | GF | nurse | NS | wife | WI |
| grandmother | GM | orphan | OR | wife’s dau | WD |
| grandson | GS | patient | PT | wife’s father | VvT |
| great aunt | GA | porter | P0 | wife’s gm dau | WG |
| great uncle | GU | prisoner | PS | wife’s gm son | WG |
| groom | GR | pupil | PP | wife’s mother | WM |
| guest | GT | relation | RE | wife’s son | WS |
| half-brother | I-lB | relative | RE | wife’s brother | WB |
| half-sister | HC | scholar | SH | ||
| head | HID | school-teacher | ST | ||
| housekeeper | HK | servant | SV |