From the 'Leicester Journal and Midland Counties General Advertiser

Taken from the 'Leicester Journal and Midland Counties General Advertiser,' dated Friday, February 4, 1870.

Austrey, Warwickshire, three miles from Polesworth Station, six from Atherstone?, seven from? Tamworth, (on the Trent Valley Railway), and eight from Asby-de-la-Zouch.

Important sale of growing hedge-row timber.
To be sold by auction, by Mr. R. Crisp, at the Bird-in Hand, Austrey, on Wednesday, the 9th day of February next, 32 oak, 169 ash, 116 elm, 23 willow, 7 poplar and 4 aspen trees, growing upon lands in Austrey aforesaid, belonging to Mr. Jos. Corbett.
The above will be found of large dimensions, and worthy of attention.
A person will be appointed to show the lots on application to the proprietor, Mr. Jos. Corbett, Austrey House, or to Mrs. Edwards, the Bird-in-Hand Inn, Austrey.
Dinner at two o'clock, and sale at three p.m.
Catalogues of particulars on application to Mr. Corbett, Mrs Edwards, or the Auctioneer, fourteen days prior to the sale.
Atherstone.