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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 Watford. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

A skip in Watford to make life easier

Nobody really wants to spend their free time going back and forth to the local tip with piles of rubbish. Garden waste is even worse, as it invariably means you'll have to spend more time cleaning out your car interior too. no doubt leaving a few spiders and woodlice to take up residence in your car for good measure.

As much as we like to have a good clear up around the home, loading cars and repeated journeys to the tip are such a drag and a drain on your free time. Hiring a skip to be delivered to your Watford property is the best solution.

Early history of Watford

There is clear evidence of some prehistoric occupation around the Watford area, with a few Celtic and Roman finds, though there is no evidence of an actual settlement until much later. Watford stands where the River Colne could be crossed on an ancient track way from the southeast to the northwest. Watford's High Street follows the line of part of this route. Watford was located on the first dry ground above the marshy edges of the River Colne.

The name Watford may have arisen from the Old English for "waet", meaning full of water, because the area was marsh land, or "wath", meaning hunting, and ford. St Albans Abbey claimed rights to the manor of Casio which included Watford, dating from a grant by King Offa in AD 793.

The name of Watford is first mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 1007, where "Watforda" is one of the places marking the boundary of "Oxanhaege". It is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when this area was part of St Albans Abbey's manor of Cashio. In the 12th century the Abbey was granted a charter allowing it to hold a market here, and the building of St Mary's Church began. The settlement's location helped it to grow, since as well as trade along this north-south through route it possessed good communications into the vale of St Albans to the east and into the Chiltern Hills along the valley of the River Chess to the west.

Watford began to grow, assisted by travellers passing through to Berkhamsted Castle and the royal palace at Kings Langley. A big house was built at Cassiobury in the 16th century. This was partly rebuilt in the 17th century and another substantial house was built nearby at The Grove. The houses were expanded and developed throughout the following centuries. Cassiobury became the family seat of the Earls of Essex, and The Grove the seat of the Earls of Clarendon.

In 1762, Sparrows Herne Turnpike Road was established across the Chilterns. The toll road approximately followed the route of the original A41 road. The location of a toll house can be seen at the bottom of Chalk Hill on the Watford side of Bushey Arches; set in an old flint stone wall is a Sparrows Herne Trust plaque.

The Industrial Revolution in Watford

Watford remained an agricultural community with some cottage industry for many centuries. The Industrial Revolution brought the Grand Junction Canal, which became the Grand Union Canal from 1798, and the London and Birmingham Railway from 1837, both located here for the same reasons the road had followed centuries before, seeking an easy gradient over the Chiltern Hills. The land-owning interests permitted the canal to follow closely by the river Gade, but the prospect of smoke-emitting steam trains drove them to ensure the railway gave a wide berth to the Cassiobury and Grove estates. Consequently, although the road and canal follow the easier valley route, the railway company was forced to build an expensive tunnel under Leavesden to the north of Watford.

Watford's original railway station opened in 1837 on the west side of St Albans Road, a small, single-storey red-brick building. It closed in 1858 when it was replaced by a new, larger station at Watford Junction a little further south-east. The old station house still stands today; it is a Grade-II-listed building, now in the middle of a high density housing development, it and was for many years a second-hand car dealership. Watford Junction railway station is situated to the north east of Watford town centre.

These developments gave Watford superb communications and boosted its industrial growth during the 19th and 20th centuries. The Grand Union Canal, allowed coal to be brought into the district and paved the way for industrial development. The Watford Gas and Coke Company was formed in 1834 and gas works built. The canal allowed paper-making mills to be sited at Croxley. The John Dickinson and Co. mill beside the canal manufactured the Croxley brand of fine quality paper. There had been brewing in Watford from the 17th century and, by the 19th century, two industrial scale brewers Benskins and Sedgwicks were located in Watford.

Watford expanded a little during this time. In 1851 a new street off the High Street was opened, King Street, followed by Queens Road and Clarendon Road in the early 1860s. The railways also continued to expand from Watford during this period; the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway opened in 1862 as a short branch line via Watford High Street to Rickmansworth, and another branch was added to Croxley Green in 1912. The original plan was to extend the Rickmansworth line south connecting Watford to Uxbridge; this scheme failed and both the Rickmansworth and Croxley branches closed.

Watford's population had risen to 17,063 by 1891 and the town became very cramped. Local landowners sold land for the development of the town and it was bought up by commercial interests. Various factories and other works sprung up in Watford, mostly breweries and prints, but also engineering works, a steam laundry, a cold storage company and a cocoa processing plant. Watford expanded rapidly, most of the new inhabitants moving in from London.

Value for money with skip hire in Watford

Don't waste another minute worrying about the cost of skip hire in Watford. Once you take into account the multiple trips to the dump, the drain on your valuable time, the potential for damaging the interior of your car and the sheer inconvenience of it all, hiring a skip for your Watford property becomes a no brainer!

Hiring a skip will free up a huge amount of time; it's convenient and quick, offering superb value for money. Book your skip today!

Some of the services Stevenage Skip Hire provide in, and around, Watford:

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
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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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Stevenage Skip Hire Ltd
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Graveley
Herts SG4 7EQ

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