See also
Joseph Arch - Village life 1830s-1840s
Alternate BARFORD page - ARCH of Bloxwich

ARCH - PACE - LAMPIT - MILLS - TANDY - TIMMS
Barford, Warwickshire

"Shakespeare's County" Warwickshire
- in the East Midlands of England -

ARCH Family History

  • WALTER ARCH 1550-1625
    + Unknown
    • JOHN ARCH 1590-1638 3 Jun + Joan ??
      • JOHN ARCH 1634-1704
        b 3-30-1634 d 5-30-1704
        + Isobel PEVIS d 11-29-1675
        + Katherine ??

        • JOHN ARCH (1662)
          + Hannah ?? m 1690

          • EDWARD ARCH 1710-1760
            b 10-Aug-1710 - d 2-Apr-1760)
            + Ann TAYLOR m 13-Feb-1737

            • EDWARD ARCH 1740-1809
              b 15 Feb 1740 d 17 Oct 1809
              + Elizabeth KITES
              b 1740 m 31 Jan 1764 d 23 Nov 1808

              • JOHN ARCH 1764-1801
                b 02 Nov 1764 d 08 Feb 1801
                + Mary

  • JOHN ARCH 1795-1862
        - b 16 Aug 1795 Rowington
        - marriage 12 Oct 1818
        - JOHN died 15 October 1862

    + HANNAH SHARRARD nee PACE 1783-1845
    HANNAH's maiden name was PACE - she and her father JOSEPH PACE were employed at Warrick Castle - married 1st - Mr. SHARRARD a footman at the castle     - after HANNAH's 1st husband died about 1816 - HANNAH married JOHN ARCH 12 Oct 1818     Witnesses - ELIZABETH RYMILL and JNO COOK, Clerk. - Pamela Horn's book - - HANNAH died 8 Sept 1845 and was buried 11 Sept 1845 at BARFORD.

      first two children - had PACE as 2nd Christian name

    1. MARY PACE ARCH 1819-1905
      - Chr 17 Oct 1819 BARFORD buried 28 Jan 1905 at Barford
      + THOMAS COLLEDGE 1830-1905 - b 1830 CLAVERDON Warwick
      Blacksmith - married abt 1850 buried at BARFORD 7 Oct 1905
      • Charles Thomas COLLEDGE - a bachelor - bricklayer
        buried 8 Feb 1909 at LEAMINGTON Spa.

    2. ANN PACE ARCH 1821-1886 - Chr 25 Mar 1821 BARFORD
      m 9 Nov 1841 Barford - d 1866 KNOWLE
      + John COGHILL - died & buried at KNOWLE - 1886

    3. JOHN ARCH 1823-1825 - Chr 14 Dec 1823 BARFORD
      died and buried 16 Apr 1825 at BARFORD

    4. JOSEPH ARCH 1826-1919 - Chr 17 Dec 1826 BARFORD
      founder of Ag Workers' Union & Member of Parliament
      m 3 Feb 1847 BARFORD - Minor Bachelor Labourer
      Father: John ARCH labourer
      + MARY ANN MILLS - full age Spinster - Barford
      Chr 1 May 1825 WASPERTON
         Father: ISAAC MILLS - Carpenter Both signed
      Witnesses HENRY HOUGH, MARY PACE ARCH

      • HANNAH ARCH - Chr 8 Aug 1847 BARFORD
      • JOHN ARCH - b 14 Nov 1848 (Regular Army)
      • Annie ARCH - b Mar 10, 1851
        + Rev. LEUTY (Leute) lived in YORK
      • Elizabeth ARCH - b Aug 1853 d Mar 12 1859
      • JOSEPH ARCH - b 1 Apr 1856
      • EDWARD ARCH - b 31 Jul 1861 - d 24 Sept 1948
        + Clara Eliza WRIGHT -- seven children
      • THOMAS ARCH - youngest son - b 15 May 1864
        + Elisabeth BARBER - wed 24 Jun 1891 All Saints WARWICK
        • Daisy Isabella ARCH - adopted by her aunt ANNIE
          + John Francis TAYLOR - m 19 Apr 1922

      + MIRIAM BLOMFIELD
      - 2nd wife of JOSEPH ARCH
      - Banns read on 29 Oct/5 Nov/ 12 Nov 1899
      - Married 27 Dec 1899
      Joseph ARCH Widower and Miriam BLOMFIELD
         both of this parish.
      JOSEPH - died 12 Feb 1919 at BARFORD
      MIRIAM - died 26 Mar 1922 at BARFORD

    • Honourable Mention
    ~ HARRY ARCH ~

    I'd like to thank HARRY ARCH & family of PAVENHAM, Bedford, UK for their diligent work collecting ARCH family history. HARRY, a bridge engineer, travelled extensively throughout the world, with his occupation and always looking for ARCH history, wherever he went. HARRY passed on in June 1999
    GT PACE - webmaster

    St. Peter's Church - May 2001

    St. Peter's Church
    Barford, Warwickshire

    Joseph ARCH of Barford

  • a farmer's son
  • Primitive Methodist preacher
  • founder of the National Agricultural Workers' Union - 1870s
  • Member of Parliament

    • books about JOSEPH ARCH

    "We'll All be Union Men"
    by Bob SCARTH - 1998
    Russell Press Limited, Nottingham
    I purchaced my copy at WARWICK Library

    "Joseph Arch the Farm Workers' Leader"
    a biography of Joseph Arch
    by Dr. Pamela HORN - 1971

    "The Farthest Promised Land"
    by Rollo Arnold

    a book, about the Agricultural Labourers Union, in the last century, also deals with JOSEPH ARCH of Warwickshire who was supported by the Countess of Warwick. The Union promoted emigration from the Midlands and West of England to "the colonies" as a way of alleviating the agricultural labourers distress, of the day.

    Recommended for background reading
    now out of print, but available in large libraries
    or by library inter-loan.
    ...Simon of Wellesbourne, Warks, England

    village life in the 1830s & 40s
    from Arch's 1898 auto-biography
    click here

    Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
    Columbia University Press
    click here - read article

    WIKIPEDIA - JOSEPH ARCH

    Barford & Wasperton
    in Warwickshire
    between Stratford-on-Avon and Royal Leamington Spa
    BARFORD, birthplace of Joseph ARCH,
    who became a Methodist preacher
    founder of the Agricultural Workers' Union, in the latter 1800s
    and Member of Parliament

    on the way to St. Peter's

    Barford
    street scene

    		 RICHARD PACE
    possibly from PACES of PERSHORE area of Worcestershire
    + ELIZABETH TANDY - wed 1700 Barford

    connection between Richard and Joseph PACE isn't known yet

    JOSEPH PACE - b abt 1746 - d 22 Oct 1818 age 72
    + MARY LAMPIT - b abt 1847 wed 4 Oct 1766 TYSOE, Warwicks
    from Pamela Horn's book - d 11 Aug 1833 age 86

    LAMPIT found at CLEEVE PRIOR Wor - also VICARIDGE
    possible source of my grandfather's middle name, Charles VICARAGE PACE

    • THOMAS PACE - Chr 26 Mar 1769 Barford
    • WILLIAM PACE - Chr 31 Mar 1776 Barford
    • MARY PACE - Chr 19 Oct 1777 Barford
    • HANNAH PACE - Chr 31 Aug 1783 Barford
      + Mr. SHARRARD
      + JOHN ARCH -
    • EMMANUEL PACE - Chr 27 Nov 1785 Barford

    The Hannah Story

    She was born Hannah PACE,
    the daughter of Joseph and Mary PACE (nee LAMPIT). Joseph worked as a hedger and ditcher for the Warwicks and lived in an estate cottage. With the money they saved they bought the cottage in Barford. When Hannah grew up, she worked as a lady's maid at the Castle and was a favourite of the Countess.She married John SHARRARD but he died in 1816 and Hannah Sharrard then married John ARCH in 1818. They had four children, Mary Pace ARCH, Ann Pace ARCH, John ARCH, Joseph ARCH. I suspect that Joseph Pace was the craftsman who taught Joseph ARCH his hedging and ditching skills, and it was Hannah's friendship with the countess that expanded to cover Joseph and his political activities.

    Joseph PACE died 22 Oct 1818 age 72 born abt 1746
    Mary PACE nee LAMPIT died 11 Aug 1833 age 86 born abt 1747

    with thanks to
    Harry Arch - Historian for ARCH families
    Lawrence ARCH - USA

    Could the PACE family of BARFORD
    having THOMAS WILLIAM & EMMANUEL be connected to a later PACE family, at nearby TANWORTH-in-ARDEN, also having THOMAS WILLIAM & EMMANUEL...?? - click here - to see
    ARCH-Warwicks - ARCH-Exhall - ARCH-Walsall-Bloxwich - BARFORD Community site - Barford town site - Warwick Castle
    PACE PEDIGREE - PACE-Holy Trinity PRs - PACE-UK - PACE-WOR - HOME PAGE - ARCH bulletin board - Ancestry.com