An advertisement in The Warminster Herald, Saturday 25th January 1873:
UNDERWOOD & FAGOT SALE
NORRIDGE, CLEAR WOOD, AND BLACK DOG WOODS; DIRTLEY PLAIN, &c.
MR. BEDFORD will SELL BY AUCTION, at the Horse Shoes Inn, CHAPMANSLADE, on Friday, the 31st JANUARY, 1873, at 12 o’clock at Noon, – in Lots and subject to Conditions,
53 ACRES OF UNDERWOOD, Now cut and lying in Drifts, viz. –
About 19 Acres in Upper Ham Copse, Norridge Wood;
10 Acres in Clear Wood;
21 Acres in Upper Stormer Copse, Black Dog Woods;
and 3 Acres in Lady’s Copse, Corsley; and
4500 Oak Tops and other Fagots, lying in Dirtley Plain.
N.B. Admission to the Sale Room by Tickets, One Shilling each, which amount will be returned to purchasers at the close of the sale.
Catalogues of Mr. Jones, Portway House, Warminster; at the Offices of the Auctioneers, Market Place, Warminster; and of Mr. BERRY, Woodward, Horningsham.