November 1916. Matthew is fighting in the horrific battle of the Somme but at Downton Robert,given a courtesy title as head of the local yeomanry but deemed too old to fight,and William,forbidden by...
In Hampshire, it is filmed in Highclere Castle.
If you mean where it is filmed;The house is filmed in Highclere Castle - HampshireThe servants area is filmed in Ealing Studios
Sybil is played by Jessica Brown-Findlay
It's just based on Lord's lives and their families lives, servants' lives and inheritance etc in the 1900s, just before WW1, during it and after it.