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Yorkshire

Also known as: Yorkshire
Related terms: North Yorkshire; West Yorkshire
Broader terms: x17729; England
Narrower terms: Aberford; Acklam; Acklam Wold; Ackworth; Adel cum Eccup; Aire, River; Aldborough (North Yorkshire); Aldbrough; Aldro; Almondbury; Amotherby; Armley; Arncliffe; Arras (Humberside); Asenby; Askrigg; Attercliffe; Aysgarth; Ayton East Field; Bainbridge; Bamborough Castle; Barden; Barmbrough; Barmby Moor Common; Barmston; Barnsley; Barton (North Yorkshire); Barton Hill (Yorkshire); Barugh; Batley; Bedale; Bempton; Beswick (Yorkshire); Beverley; Bewholme; Bilbrough; Bingley; Birdsall; Bishop Burton; Bland Hill; Bolton (Humberside); Bolton Abbey; Bolton Percy; Boroughbridge; Boynton; Bradford (West Yorkshire); Braithwaite; Brandsby; Brawby; Bridlington; Brighouse; Brimham Rocks; Brompton by Northallerton; Brotherton; Brough (East Riding of Yorkshire); Bugthorpe; Bulmer; Burneston; Butterwick; Byland Abbey; Calverley; Camphill; Carleton; Carnaby; Carnelian Bay; Carperby cum Thoresby; Carthorpe; Castle Howard; Castleford; Catterick; Catterick Bridge; Catwick; Cawood; Chellow; Cherry Burton; Church Fenton; Cleckheaton; Cleveland (district); Cleveland Port; Cogdean (Yorkshire); Cold Kirby; Cold Kirby 1; Collingham (West Yorkshire); Commondale; Conisbrough; Copt Hewick; Cottingham; Coverham; Cowlam; Cowthorpe; Coxwold; Coyton; Crambe; Craven (Yorkshire); Crewel Thorpe; Crosscliffe; Dalby; Danby; Danby North Moor; Dent; Dewsbury; Dishforth; Doncaster; Doncaster Racecourse; Dowkerbottom Cave; Driffield (Humberside); Duggleby; Duncombe Park; Easby; Easingwold; Easton (parish - East Yorkshire); Ebberston; Egglestone Abbey; Egton; Egton Moor; Elf Howe; Ellerton; Etton (Humberside); Ewood; Farndale; Farnley; Ferriby; Ferry Fryston; Ferrybridge; Filey; Fimber; Flamborough; Flamborough Head; Flixton Wold; Folkton; Follifoot; Folly Hall; Fort Montague; Fountains Abbey; Foxholes; Foxup; Fremington Haag; Fridaythorpe; Fulford; Fylingdales; Ganthorpe; Ganton; Ganton Wold; Gargrave; Garton; Garton Station; Garton-on-the-Wolds; Gatherly Moor; Gerrick Moor; Gildersome; Gilling; Gisburn; Glaisdale; Goldsborough; Goodmanham; Goodmanham Wold 2; Goole; Goose Eye; Gordale Scar; Gormire; Grambeck Kilns; Grantley; Grassington; Great Driffield; Great Hatfield; Greta Bridge; Grimethorpe; Grimthorpe Hillfort; Grindale; Guisborough (parish); Guisborough Moor; Hackfall; Hackness; Halifax (West Yorkshire); Hambleton Hills barrow; Hambleton Moor; Harewood; Harome; Harpham; Harrogate; Haslerton Carr; Hatfield (Yorkshire); Hawnby; Hedon; Helmsley; Helperthorpe; Helwith; Hemingbrough; Heslerton; Heslerton Wold; Hetton; High Hunsley; Holderness; Holme (Yorkshire - archaic); Holme-on-Spalding-Moor; Holmfirth; Holwick In Teesdale; Honley; Hooton Roberts; Hornby; Hornsea; Hornsea Gas Works; Horton; Hovingham; Howcans; Howden; Hownby; Huddersfield; Huggate; Hunmanby; Huntcliff; Hutton Buscel; Idle; Ilkley; Ingleton; Jervaulx; Jervaulx Abbey; Keighley (parish); Keldholme; Kellythorpe; Kilburn; Kildwick; Kilham; Kingsthorpe; Kingston upon Hull; Kippax; Kirby Grindalyth; Kirby Underdale; Kirby Wiske; Kirkbridge; Kirkburn; Kirkby (Yorkshire); Kirkbymoorside; Kirkham (Yorkshire); Kirklington; Kirkstall; Kiveton; Knapton; Knaresborough; Langton (Yorkshire); Langton Wold; Lastingham; Leconfield; Leeds (West Yorkshire); Levisham Moor; Leyburn; Lindholme; Little Fenton (North Yorkshire); Little Weighton; Lockton; Londesborough; Londesborough with Easthorpe; Long Preston; Loose Howe; Luddenden; Lund Warren; Lutton; Lythe; Maiden's Grave; Malham; Malton (North Yorkshire); Manfield; Manor House; March Hill; Markenfield; Market Weighton; Marsden (Yorkshire); Marsden Moors; Marston Moor; Meaux (Yorkshire); Melmerby; Melsonby; Menethorpe; Mexborough; Middleham (North Yorkshire); Middlesbrough; Middleton Moor; Middleton on the Wolds; Mirfield; Morley; Mortham Tower; Nafferton; Nappa; Nelly Hay; Nesfield; Ness; Newbold; Newburgh Park; Newby Hall; Newton Mulgrave; Newton on Rawcliffe; Nidderdale; Normanby (Yorkshire); North Dalton; North Grimston; North Holme; North Newbold; Northallerton; Nunnington; Orchard Hills; Ossett; Oswaldkirk; Otley (West Yorkshire); Otley Manor; Oulston; Ouse, River (Yorkshire); Over Silton; Padley; Pateley Bridge; Penistone; Pickering; Pickhill; Pilmoor; Pocklington; Pontefract; Potter Brompton Wold; Potters Brompton; Pudsey; Raskelf; Ravensthorpe; Rawcliffe; Redcar; Reeth; Riccall; Richmond (North Yorkshire); Rievaulx; Rievaulx Abbey; Ripley; Ripley Castle; Ripon; Ripponden; Robin Hood's Bay; Rokeby; Rosedale; Rotherham; Royd; Rudston; Ruswarp; Ryedale; Rylston; Saddleworth; Saltburn-on-Sea (Cleveland); Salton; Sandal Castle; Sawdon (parish); Sawdon Moor; Scackleton; Scalby; Scales Moor; Scampston; Scamridge; Scarborough; Scrayingham; Scruton; Seamer; Seamer Moor; Sedbergh; Selby; Settle; Sewerby; Shackleton; Shadwell (West Yorkshire); Sharow; Sheffield; Shepley; Sherburn (parish - North Yorkshire); Sherburn Carr; Sheriff Hutton; Silkstone; Skell, River; Skipton; Skipwith; Slaithwaite; Slingsby; Smearsett; Smearside; Snainton; South Cave; South Kilvington; Sowerby (North Yorkshire); Sowerby (West Yorkshire); Sowerby Bridge; Speeton; Spofforth; St Agatha's Abbey (Richmond); Stainland; Stamford Bridge; Stannington (South Yorkshire); Stanwick; Stanwick St John; Staple House; Staple Howe; Staxton; Steeton; Stittenham; Stockton Racecourse; Stokesley; Stoodley Bridge; Strid, The; Studley Royal Park; Sunderland Mill; Sutton upon Derwent; Swaledale; Swine; Swinton; Tadcaster; Teesdale; Thirkleby; Thirsk; Thixendale; Thornborough (Yorkshire); Thorne Moors; Thornton-le-Clay; Thorpe Audlin; Thorpe Salvin; Threshfield; Thwing; Tickhill; Topcliffe; Torne, River; Towton; Transmoor; Uborne; Ulrome; Upper Heaton; Wadsworth; Wakefield; Wanlass; Warter; Wass; Wath; Watton (East Riding of Yorkshire); Watton Priory; Wawne; Weathercote Cave; Weaverthorpe; Weedley; Welburn; Wensley (Yorkshire); Wensleydale; Wentbridge; Wentworth (South Yorkshire); Wentworth Castle; West Cowick; West Furze; West Heslerton; West Scrafton; West Tanfield; West Witton; Westerdale; Westow; Wetherby; Wethersell; Wetwang; Wharfedale; Wharram Percy; Whitby (North Yorkshire); Whorlton; Willerby; Willerby Carr; Wilsthorpe; Winksley; Wintringham; Withernsea; Wold Newton; Woolley; Wortley; Wrenthorpe; Wykeham Grange; Wykeham Moor; Yarm; York; Yorkshire Moors; Yorkshire Wolds

2,086 related objects

admission-ticket

Museum number: MG.903 |
Production date: 1879

advertisement

Museum number: 2015,4130.31 |
Authority: BIOG235101 Issuer:Welcome to Yorkshire |
Production date: 2014 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

annular brooch

Museum number: 1888,0719.106 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 7thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

arrow-head; roughout

Museum number: 1865,0127.15 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

arrow-head

Museum number: 1958,0506.5651 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

arrow-head

Museum number: St.146 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

artefact

Museum number: 2011,8050.176 |
Cultures/periods: Upper PalaeolithicMesolithic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: 2005,0504.13 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: +.4006 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: 2005,0504.10 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: +.3993 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: +.4001 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: +.4002 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: +.4003 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: 2005,0504.9 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: 2005,0504.11 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: 2005,0504.12 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: SLAntiq.249.a |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: 1892,0901.332 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: +.4005 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

axe; roughout

Museum number: +.8253 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: +.4004 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

axe

Museum number: 2005,0501.227 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

axe-hammer

Museum number: 2005,0504.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

backed blade

Museum number: 1882,0323.5 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

backed blade

Museum number: 1865,0127.13 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

badge

Museum number: 2004,1243.61 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 2004,1243.107 |
Authority: BIOG170111 Issuer:Yorkshire Television |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 2004,1243.106 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 2004,1243.139 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 1985,0732.1 |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

banknote

Museum number: 1981,1122.532 |
Authority: BIOG114612 Issuer:Royds Ironworks |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

banknote

Museum number: 1981,1122.445 |
Authority: BIOG117994 Issuer:Yorkshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1843-1880 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

banknote

Museum number: 1980,1130.487 |
Authority: BIOG117994 Issuer:Yorkshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1843-1880 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1981,1122.21 |
Authority: BIOG103792 Issuer:Barnsley Banking Co |
Production date: 1840-1849 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1981,1122.134 |
Authority: BIOG106220 Issuer:Craven Bank |
Production date: 1872 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

banknote

Museum number: CIB.9469 |
Authority: BIOG112302 Issuer:West Riding Union Banking Co |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

banknote

Museum number: 1981,1122.453 |
Authority: BIOG117994 Issuer:Yorkshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1843-1880 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1882,0323.19 |
Cultures/periods: x96124 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1958,0506.5749 |
Cultures/periods: x96124 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: 1882,0323.20 |
Cultures/periods: x96124 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

barrel bar

Museum number: 1958,1006.2804.12.40 |
Producer name: BIOG79875 Made by:William Terry |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Yorkshire

beaker

Museum number: 1987,0705.1 |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Made in:StaffordshireMade in:Yorkshire

bill of exchange

Museum number: 2006,0405.70 |
Authority: BIOG106220 Issuer:Craven Bank |
Production date: 1880-1889 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

blade

Museum number: 1882,0323.7 |
Cultures/periods: NeolithicBronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

blade

Museum number: 1882,0323.9 |
Cultures/periods: NeolithicBronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

blade

Museum number: 1882,0323.16 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

blade

Museum number: 1865,0127.18 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

blade

Museum number: 1865,0127.19 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1868,0612.666-691 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Sell CotmanPublished by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:York

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1867,1012.234-239 |
Producer name: After:Charles Heathcote TathamPrint made by:Henry Moses |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

buckle

Museum number: 2019,8022.135 |
Cultures/periods: Early MedievalRomano-British |
Production date: 365-450 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

buckle

Museum number: 2019,8022.107 |
Cultures/periods: Early MedievalRomano-British |
Production date: 365-450 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

button

Museum number: 1882,0323.48 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

cheque

Museum number: CIB.6529 |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

cloth-seal

Museum number: S.142 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 16thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Yorkshire

cloth-seal

Museum number: 1992,0203.14 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 1603-1625 |
Production place: Made in:Yorkshire |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:VintryFound/Acquired:Thames, River

coin

Museum number: 1979,1010.1 |
Production date: 630-640 |
Production place: Minted in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

core

Museum number: St.95.m |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

core

Museum number: 1865,0127.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

core

Museum number: St.95.s |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

core; point

Museum number: St.95.p |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

core

Museum number: St/D.78 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

core; chisel

Museum number: St.95.n |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

core

Museum number: St.95.r |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

core

Museum number: St.95.o |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

cosmetic-grinder

Museum number: 1997,0101.6 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

cosmetic-grinder

Museum number: 1997,0101.7 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

cover

Museum number: 1894,0522.1 |
Production date: 16thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Yorkshire |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:WakefieldFound/Acquired:Sandal Castle

dagger

Museum number: +.3994 |
Cultures/periods: x96124 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

discoidal knife

Museum number: +.3997 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yorkshire

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.8 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.7 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1907,1018.50 |
Producer name: BIOG26662 Drawn by:William Evans of Eton |
Production date: 1798-1877

drawing

Museum number: 1902,0514.10 |
Producer name: BIOG23760 Drawn by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1805-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.5 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.6 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

drawing; album

Museum number: 1897,1008.1.1-70 |
Producer name: BIOG49049 Drawn by:Louisa Twining |
Production date: 1897

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1859,0806.422 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0314.138 |
Producer name: BIOG35050 Drawn by:Cecil Lawson |
Production date: 1849-1882

drawing

Museum number: 1964,1120.9 |
Producer name: BIOG44027 Drawn by:John Lewis Roget |
Production date: 1883

drawing

Museum number: CIB.9360 |
Authority: BIOG179444 Issuer:Halifax Bank |
Production date: 1807-1836 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.3 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1981,1122.452 |
Authority: BIOG117994 Issuer:Yorkshire Banking Co |
Production date: 1843-1899 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.1 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1902,0514.12 |
Producer name: BIOG23760 Drawn by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1805-1808

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.4 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

drawing

Museum number: CIB.9361 |
Authority: BIOG179444 Issuer:Halifax Bank |
Production date: 1807-1836 |
Production place: Issued in:Yorkshire

drawing

Museum number: 1911,0517.9 |
Producer name: BIOG26692 Drawn by:John Wilson Ewbank |
Production date: 1832

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0427.2 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1900

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.6 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.23 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.11 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.5 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.26 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1965,0209.406 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end scraper

Museum number: 1865,0127.7 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire

end-and-side scraper

Museum number: 1964,1206.408 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yorkshire