A FAMILY run jewellers has opened its second shop in York, creating a network of three branches all together.

Ogden of Harrogate has opened on the corner of Stonegate and Petergate in premises which has been home to a jewellery shop since the late 1980s.

The move follows the company's launch of The Little Diamond Shop in Lendal in 2010.

In opening a third shop, owners Robert and Ben Ogden are drawing on experience learned over five generations in the trade.

Ogden of Harrogate was founded in 1893 by their great, great grandfather James Roberts Ogden, the adviser in the study of the gold work on Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Robert Ogden said: "Following the success of The Little Diamond Shop, which is thriving five years on, we felt there was an opportunity to extend the Ogden of Harrogate experience into York."