I have no connection with any of the above Goacher families, but during my architectural research I acquired a photograph taken outside Batchelors Farm (now Batchelors) in Emms Lane, Barns Green, near Horsham, Sussex, an ancient farmhouse dating to the year 1610.
The photograph, was taken in the 1890s and shows a family sitting either side of the entrance door. It seems virtually certain from the census of 1891, that the group includes the tenant farmer, William Gocher, and his wife, Jane, with two of their daughters and grandchildren. William and Jane had first occupied the farmhouse around 1850, and it was here that William farmed up to 100 acres of land. The Gocher family remained at Batchelors until William died early in 1892 at the age of 78, so that it would not have been long before his family would have had to move elsewhere. The farm was then converted to a well-appointed residence by the distinguished architect, Blunden Shadbolt R.I.B.A., and later became the home of a Spanish prince.
If would be most happy to e-mail a copy of this photograph to you or any one interested in this family.
With warm good wishes
Beaver13
