Hi Mike, You might try putting in "Plews" in the Genuki Yorkshire search engine - it brings back a heap of hits in trade directories which are on line on the Genuki Yorkshire web-site. Best wishes, Colin Hinson In the village of Blunham in Bedfordshire U.K. Webmaster for the Genuki Yorkshire pages: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ Old and Rare Yorkshire Books on searchable CDroms: http://cdroms.blunham.com/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Following research I am doing on the Plews Brewery of Bedale Aiskew and Leeming Bar I am trying to find out when the earliest trade directories are available from and where they may be available. I am trying to determine whether Plews were trading from Aiskew or Bedale from 1795 to 1840. Would appreciate any pointers.