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So we all know the Ann(e)s got married at the Holy Trinity Church on Goodramsgate, York. Let’s have a look at where the ending scenes in episode 8 were shot!

Here you can see Holy Trinity Church in the middle of York. It’s relatively close to York Minster. And in the background of the shot where Ann(e) gets out of the carriage, we can see it in the background.

York Minster, standing pretty in the background, doesn’t look too far from where they are standing - maybe about a block away. In comparison, Holy Trinity Church looks a bit far from York Minster.

Since the entrance of Holy Trinity Church is on Goodramgate (the road running up and down to the right of the map here), there’s no possible way for this scene to have been shot at the actual location. The iconic front of York Minster is all the way to the left on the above map. No matter which way you frame the camera, you can’t capture the front of York Minster from the entrance of Holy Trinity Church. To make matters even more confusing, here’s the entrance of Holy Trinity Church.

Sadly, it’s a nondescript entrance that’s (unfortunately) boarded up in this Google Maps photo. Goodramgate is a main shopping road in York, and all around it are restaurants and small shops and there’s even a Tesco across from the church.  Spinning this shot on Google Maps also shows the front of York Minster is not visible from the entrance of the church. After seeing how this looks on Google Maps, how could Sally Wainwright have made it look like the 19th century?

The answer is obviously simple: a secondary filming location. Looking back at where the Ann(e)s got out of their carriage, the second location must be within a block of York Minster, with no shops visible to hide any 21st century modernization. After a lot of Google Maps searching, it looks like the location is Precentor’s Court, located directly across from the main entrance of York Minster.

York Minster really is beautiful ;_; 

Here’s how this street on Google Maps compares to the ones in the show.

So there it is!! We did it ladies we found it :’) 

In conclusion, the pre and post wedding scenes from Gentleman Jack were not filmed right outside Holy Trinity Church where Anne Lister and Ann Walker were married in real life, but on a separate road right across from York Minster. A gate was erected in the alley to replicate the entrance gate to Holy Trinity Church. 

As for the scenes shot in the church courtyard, all we can do assume that they are shot in the actual location, since Google Maps doesn’t have pictures of the courtyard available. The wedding was definitely shot in the church itself, since those scenes match up with pictures of the inside of the church.