FILMING for a new TV costume drama is set to resume in York next month, with several city centre streets due to be closed off to traffic.

The BBC drama, called Gentleman Jack, features a 19th-century diarist, entrepreneur and mountaineer, Anne Lister, who married a woman.

It stars Suranne Jones - from the hit series Doctor Foster - and The Press has reported previously how a York church’s part in her lesbian romance looked set to feature in the drama.

The couple were said to have become engaged on February 27, 1834, and then taken communion during a service at Holy Trinity Church in Goodramgate, and the event had been hailed by gay and lesbian activists as the first Church of England blessing of a same-sex marriage.

The love story is said by the BBC to be set in the complex, changing world of Halifax - the cradle of the industrial revolution. “At its heart is her relationship with her would-be wife, the wealthy heiress Ann Walker,” said a spokeswoman.

The series has been created, written and directed by Sally Wainwright, who is behind series including Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley.

Filming took place in the summer in the courtyard at Grays Court Hotel, near York Minster, and nearby streets,before reportedly moving on to the Treasurers House nearby.

Now City of York Council has granted orders for temporary traffic restrictions in Goodramgate, and also Deangate, Duncombe Place, and Precentor's Court, between Monday November 5 and Wednesday November 7, 'because of the likelihood of danger arising on the occasion of nearby filming works.'

Vehicles will be prohibited from waiting in Goodramgate from 6am until 10.30am on November 6, in Deangate from 6am on November 5 until 9pm on November 6 and in Duncombe Place, with the exception of the taxi rank, from 1pm on November 6 until 6pm on November 7.