Filming in York this week for a BBC production of a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice.

The Eye of York is one of the locations for the filming of Death Comes To Pemberley, a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice, and crews have already been at work at St William’s College and around York Minster.

A BBC spokeswoman said: “We found quite a lot in the local area so we have been at Chatsworth House and Harewood House recently, and we’re currently filming at York Minster. We’re in York for just over a week, and everyone from the Minster has been fantastic and very welcoming and accommodating, as we’ve been working closely with them.”

Filming of the series, which is based on Baroness PD James’s novel telling the story of Elizabeth and Mr Darcy, five years into their marriage, also took place at Castle Howard earlier this month, and features former Shoestring and Waking The Dead actor Trevor Eve, Jenna Louise Coleman from Doctor Who, and Matthew Goode from Watchmen and Stoker.

The three-part series is due to air this Christmas.

Visitors to York may also have been shocked to see a gallows being built outside the courthouse in the city yesterday.

But the full-size wooden frame which was built outside the Castle Museum, was a prop, and formed part of the set for this weekend’s filming.