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🎙️ ️ New podcast episode out now! Cora Crawley in Downton Abbey may be a fictional “Dollar Duchess”, but Winston Churchill’s mother Jennie Jerome was very real – and her story began right here on the Isle of Wight. 💍 In this week’s Back When podcast, join James Grasby as he explores the Dollar Duchess phenomenon, recorded at Rosetta Cottage in Cowes – the place where Churchill’s parents first got engaged. Rosetta Cottage is now one of our unique National Trust holiday cottages. Stay here and y

1.5K views · 26 reactions | Do you have plans for your free time? Plan a wander through history at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. Ruins, still water reflecting historic follies and statues and snowdrops starting to open. And of course, there’s tea and scones to cover other day out essentials. (Video description) close up of snowdrops blowing in the breeze with abbey ruins behind. © National Trust Images / Hannah James. | Yorkshire National Trust | Facebook