Bishop's Stortford Skip Hire | Bishop's Stortford Waste Recycling | Bishop's Stortford Licensed Waste Carriers

Stevenage Skip Hire have been taking good care of our customers for many years now. Whatever your waste requirements may be, Stevenage Skip Hire have the perfect size skip to match the job in hand. Don't forget, we supply skips for commercial or domestic clients, recycle waste, sort out the skip permits and are Environment Agency approved. Stevenage Skip Hire operate a same day skip drop off and collection service throughout Bishop's Stortford. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

A skip in Bishop's Stortford for all your waste requirements

Disposing of waste materials is not something that can be done in a few minutes. Sure, emptying the bin in the kitchen is a pretty quick operation, but clearing out potentially year's worth of accumulated stuff from lofts, sheds, garages or gardens can swallow up a huge amount of your time.

Not only is this a time consuming task, it can really take it out of you too. Back and forth to your car, loading it up whilst being ever so careful not to damage the interior, only to then spend hours waiting in line at the local recycling centre.

It's far better to reclaim your free time and hire a skip at your Bishop's Stortford property from us. Just let us know what you want to dispose of and we will ensure that you receive the correct skip for your needs. You can then simply load it up and forget about it.

Before you know it, we will pick it up and you can rest assured that at least ninety five percent of your waste will be recycled too, so you will be doing your bit to help the environment.

Where is Bishop's Stortford?

Bishop's Stortford is a market town in East Hertfordshire that literally oozes a rich history. It is now within the London commuter belt, near the border with Essex, just west of the M11 motorway and Stansted Airport, 22 miles north-east of Central London and 34 minutes away by rail from Liverpool Street station. Bishop's Stortford had an estimated population of 41,088 in 2020. The district of East Hertfordshire, where the town centre is located, was ranked as the best place to live in the UK by a survey in 2020.

History of Bishop's Stortford

The origins of the Bishop's Stortford name are uncertain. One possibility is that the Saxon settlement derives its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. Bishop's Stortford became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London, prior to this, it was simply 'Stortford'.

The River Stort is named after the town and not the town after the river. When cartographers visited the town in the 16th century, they reasoned that the town must have been named after the ford in the river and assumed the river was called the Stort.

Before the Romans and Roman Bishop's Stortford

Very little is known of Bishop's Stortford until the Roman era, with the evidence being small archaeological finds. Limited evidence of ancient Mesolithic and Microlithic peoples in the form of flakes, cores and an axe have been found on the Meads and Silverleys respectively. Most Bronze Age evidence is from the neighbouring parish of Thorley to the south as opposed to Bishop's Stortford itself, but a 3,000 year old socketed spearhead has been found at Haymeads Lane within the town. Evidence of settlement has been found on Dunmow Road dating from the Middle Bronze Age through to Romano-British times. In the book, Bishop's Stortford: A History, Jacqueline Cooper concludes "existing evidence suggests that the Bishop's Stortford area was settled only sparsely in prehistoric times, and nearby places like Braughing and Little Hallingbury were of more importance."

Bishop's Stortford was on the line of the Roman road, Stane Street, which ran from St Albans to Colchester via Braughing. Construction started around AD 50 on the road. Little evidence from the period survives except for excavations showing a section of the road, evidence of a cremation facility and a burial site. None of the excavations has shown evidence of the Roman fort which likely existed in the Bishop's Stortford area. The settlement was probably abandoned in the 5th century after the break-up of the Roman Empire.

After the Romans and medieval period in Bishop's Stortford

Following the end of the Roman era, a new Anglo-Saxon settlement grew up on the site of Bishop's Stortford.

However, little is known about Bishop's Stortford until the 1060s with the evidence becoming much stronger after the Norman Conquest. In 1060 when William, Bishop of London, bought Stortford manor and estate for £8, leading to the town's modern name. By 1086, the motte-and-bailey Waytemore Castle had been built as a local strongpoint for the area. It acted as a centre for defence and civil administration for well over a century before it was dismantled but not destroyed by King John in 1211. Rebuilding of the castle started the following year at John's expense, and John stayed the night in the castle in 1216. By the 15th century, the castle had fallen into disrepair, and the Bishop's Court moved to Hockerill, to the east of Bishop's Stortford.

At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 Bishop's Stortford had a population of around 120, and grew to around 700 by the 13th century.

Plague and growth in Bishop's Stortford

At the start of the early modern period in the mid 15th century, Bishop's Stortford was a primarily agricultural community, but had also acquired a tanning industry. By the 16th century, Bishop's Stortford had become an important centre of the malting industry. Not only were the local soils well suited for grains, but the fact that the town was just a short distance from London, which provided an impetus to its development. The economic draw of the maltings and the town's market supported a large number of inns and public houses by the middle of the 16th century pointing to its prosperity.

Over the following hundred years, Bishop's Stortford grew markedly. The population of Bishop's Stortford reached 1,500 by 1660 as a result of a positive net birth rate and migration to the town. This was despite a series of a dozen plagues between the 1560s and 1660s. The town also enjoyed a series of royal visits in the 17th century, with Charles I visiting Bishop's Stortford in 1625, 1629 and 1642.

The years following the last of Charles' visits were to prove pretty turbulent for Bishop's Stortford. During the English Civil War Bishop's Stortford backed the Parliamentarians, with the Manor of Stortford being sequestered from the Bishop of London and sold off for £2,845. It was returned to the Bishop at the Restoration. The Great Plague of 1666-7, and its lasting effects, reduced the population to only around 600 by 1700. The effects of the plague were so severe that Bishop's Stortford had to appeal to the Hertfordshire magistrates, who levied a rate on every parish in the county for the relief of Bishop's Stortford, Hoddesdon and Cheshunt.

Despite the impact of the Great Plague, the turning point in Bishop's Stortford fortunes was the creation of the 'Hockerill by-pass' in 1670. King Charles II had in the 1660s been increasingly travelling from London to Newmarket for the races and disliked the noise and congestion of Bishop's Stortford, with its market, maltings and tanneries. As a result, the road from London to Newmarket was diverted to the east of the centre of Bishop's Stortford, and instead ran through the outlying settlement of Hockerill. From March 1785 the mail coaches ran from London to Norwich via Bishop's Stortford. Thus, the improved highways marked the first of the phases of Bishop's Stortford growth driven by new transport technology.

The second major transport development to provide a significant boost to the town was the construction of the Stort Navigation, which canalised the River Stort, and opened in 1769. The improvements to the navigation of the Stort were driven by the inability of the malting industry to use the Stort for river transport, which caused significant damage to the local roads and handed a competitive advantage to neighbouring malting areas like Ware who were linked to London by the River Lea. The work on the canal had the added benefit of alleviating the flooding risk in Bishop's Stortford.

Industrial revolution to World War II in Bishop's Stortford

With the roads and Stort navigation providing easy access to London markets, industrialisation came to Bishop's Stortford soon after. The advent of the Stort Navigation brought new industries to the town, with bargemen, lock-keepers, wharfingers, coal and timber merchants all appearing. The malting industry also saw output significantly increase, with brown malt production doubling between 1788 and 1811. Together with national trends in the brewing industry, the forty malt houses in Bishop's Stortford in early 1800s, Bishop's Stortford also helped to stimulate the local brewing trade. At the turn of the 19th century, there were eighteen brewers in Bishop's Stortford which in turn boosted the inn trade.

Call for a quote on our skips in Bishop's Stortford

When you need to clear that shed, garage, loft or garden, give us a call. We can advise you as to what size and type of skip you require. The process is quick and simple, with a clear indication of a delivery and pick up time for your skip. Don't delay; call us for a skip in Bishop's Stortford right now!

Some of the services Stevenage Skip Hire provide in, and around, Bishop's Stortford:

• Skip Hire
• Waste Recycling
• Waste Management
• Envirowaste Recycling Centre
• Waste Disposal
• Domestic and Commercial Skip Hire
• Licensed Waste Carriers
• Environment Agency Approved
• Skip Permits Arranged
• Same Day Drop Off and Collection
• Aggregates For Sale

Further Information

If you would like to know more or are interested in a quote we would be happy to help. Phone us on 0203 780 2277, email us at info@stevenageskiphire.co.uk or fill in our contact form and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

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