On this head

Can you provide the full sentence or context? I do not recognize this phrase on its own.

"Being known in these parts for a friendly soul, and trusted, moreover, I have fallen into the position among the peasantry which the parson used to hold, and does still when he takes the trouble to qualify for it. If I can’t always tell them what to do I may be able to put them in the way of the man who can. One learns how to make a dictionary of life as one gets on in it. Another use which th

It is not a current or common usage.

However, I did find one definition of head which states, "the subject matter at issue, a question raised for consideration, or a disputed factual/legal contention to be discussed or decided."

Please note that that was the 23rd definition listed in the third dictionary in which I looked, so it certainly is not widely used in this way.

Thank you for going through the dictionaries on my behalf. I appreciate that.

Hello! Just adding my two cents on the head of examples of usage of this expression:

"Mr Quinion then formally engaged me to be as useful as I could in the warehouse of Murdstone and Grinby, at a salary, I think, of six shillings a week. I am not clear whether it was six or seven. I am inclined to believe, from my uncertainty on this head, that it was six at first and seven afterw