Hi Mike, You don't give the actual context in which the term is used, but I suspect the meaning is as follows: on hand, upon hand. In one’s possession; in one’s charge or keeping: said of things, or of work or business which one has to do. to have on hand: to have with one; to be charged with, have the care or responsibility of; to have in order to deal with or dispose of; to be about or engaged on. [OED} Cheers, Liz in Melbourne Quoting Mike Scanlan <[email protected]>: > Following research I am doing on the Plews Brewery of Bedale Aiskew and Leeming Bar I am trying > to find out what the above term means. It relates to a property that is owned by one Henry Plews > as listed in the Inhabitants of Bedale 1839 and described as a maltkiln. He rents the adjacent > property from the local gentry, Miss Pierce which is described as a Brewery, House and Yard etc. > It was still being occupied by the family some 40 years later and still stands today as a fine > Georgian house. > > Look forward to hearing from anyone. >