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Shopping in Yorkshire

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    Corn Exchange

    The circular Corn Exchange, built in 1865 to house the grain trade, has a wonderful wrought, armadillolike lid, and is the place to come for one-off clothes, eclectic jewellery or records.

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    County Arcade

    Check out the County Arcade, one of a handful of mosaic-paved, stained-glass roofed Victorian arcades that have been beautifully restored.

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    Main St

    Main St is lined with cafés, tearooms, pubs and shops selling everything imaginable (and more) bearing the Brontë name.

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    Kirkgate Market

    Closer to earth, this market, once home of Marks, who later joined Spencer, sells fresh produce and cheap goods.

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    Worm Holes Bookshop

    Our favourite of York's dusty bookshops, with a decent and far-reaching selection of old and new titles.

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    Harvey Nichols

    The biggest name is undoubtedly Harvey Nichols, which has its usual selection of upmarket clothes.

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    Ken Spelman Booksellers

    This fascinating shop has been selling rare, antiquarian and secondhand books since 1910. With an open fire crackling in the grate in winter, it's a browser's paradise.

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    Rose & Co Apothecary

    The beautifully restored druggist so favoured by Branwell Brontë.

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    Venables & Bainbridge

    Selling used books, including many vintage Brontë volumes.

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    Fossgate Books

    Cheap paperbacks and unusual books.

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    Waterstone's

    For books and magazines.

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    Borders

    Well-stocked bookshop.

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    Barbican Books

    Wide range of secondhand titles, with special subjects that include railways, aviation, walking and mountaineering.

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    Azendi

    This jewellery boutique sells a range of beautiful contemporary designs in silver, white gold and platinum.

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    Antiques Centre

    A Georgian town house with a veritable maze of rooms and corridors, showcasing the wares of around 120 dealers: everything from lapel pins and snuff boxes to oil paintings and longcase clocks. And the house is haunted, too…

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