2008
SZ4896 : Rosetta Cottage, meeting place of Winston Churchill's parents
taken 16 years ago, near to Gurnard, Isle of Wight, England
Rosetta Cottage, meeting place of Winston Churchill's parents
A plaque in the pavement opposite this cottage reads:
Rosetta Cottage
Lies the other side of this road and here, in Cowes week 1873, Lord Randolph Churchill first met and proposed to Jennie Jerome, eldest daughter of American Leonard Jerome, then proprietor of The New York Times.
Their marriage bore them their first son Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 30th November 1874.
Rosetta Cottage
Lies the other side of this road and here, in Cowes week 1873, Lord Randolph Churchill first met and proposed to Jennie Jerome, eldest daughter of American Leonard Jerome, then proprietor of The New York Times.
Their marriage bore them their first son Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 30th November 1874.
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- Grid Square
- SZ4896, 235 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Euchiasmus (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 21 May, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 27 May, 2008
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SZ 4867 9661 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:46.0226N 1:18.6737W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SZ 4870 9662
- View Direction
- West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
