County abbreviations

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Historic County abbreviations of the past, up to 1974:

County=old long version=modern three letter abbreviation

Bedfordshire=Beds=BDF
Berkshire=Berks=BRK
Buckinghamshire=Bucks=BKM
Cambridgeshire=Cambs=CAM
Cheshire=[no shortened version]=CHS
Cornwall=Corn=CON
Cumberland=[no shortened version]=CUL
Derbyshire=Derbys=DBY
Devon=[no shortened version]=DEV
Dorset=[no shortened version]=DOR
County Durham=[no shortened version]=DUR
Essex=[no shortened version]=ESS
Gloucestershire=Glos=GLS
Hampshire=Hants=HAM
Herefordshire=[no shortened version]=HEF
Hertfordshire=Herts=HRT
Huntingdonshire=Hunts=HUN
Kent=[no shortened version]=KEN
Lancashire=Lancs=LAN
Leicestershire=Leics=LEI
Lincolnshire=Lincs=LIN
London=[no shortened version]=LND
Middlesex=Middx=MDX
Norfolk=[no shortened version]=NFK
Northamptonshire=Northants=NTH
Northumberland=Northumb=NBL
Nottinghamshire=Notts=NTT
Oxfordshire=Oxon=OXF
Rutland=[no shortened version]=RUT
Shropshire=Salop=SAL
Somerset=[no shortened version]=SOM
Staffordshire=Staffs=STS
Suffolk=[no shortened version]=SFK
Surrey=[no shortened version]=SRY
Sussex=[no shortened version]=SSX
Warwickshire=Warks=WAR
Westmorland=[no shortened version]=WES
Wiltshire=Wilts=WIL
Worcestershire=Worcs=WOR
Yorkshire=Yorks=YKS