Yew Tree, Hucknall

In 1832, the Yew Tree was fully licensed under Joseph Beardall, in 1876 the publican was David Beardall.

Writing in 1909, J.H. Beardsmore says "The Beardalls, who kept the Yew Tree Inn many years, and who belonged to a family of yeomen cultivating the land at Newstead and Bestwood, lie in this part of the churchyard. They appear to have settled in Hucknall in 1716, and are represented in the parish to-day."

The present pub is a 19th century replacement for an even earlier Yew Tree on a slightly different site. "The original Yew Tree Inn was about 150 yards from the bottom of Beardall's Lane, at the house tenanted by Mr. Haslam, in 1769. A part of the original building still remains with a porch headstone over the door in the yard, and is observable from the main road. The licence was transferred to a stone-built house lower down the lane, and eventually Mr. Joseph Beardall (the landlord) erected the present Yew Tree Inn." (Beardsmore 1909 / www.nottshistory.org.uk).

The Yes Tree has an entry on Ashfield District Council's Local Heritage List (September 2016) as being "Locally Listed".

[Ashfield District Council; Hucknall South Ward / Sherwood Parliamentary Constituency]