Watton at Stone Skip Hire | Watton at Stone Waste Recycling | Watton at Stone 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 Watton at Stone. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

Keep Watton at Stone clean and tidy by hiring a skip from Watton at Stone Skip Hire

Stevenage Skip Hire sends all waste from Watton at Stone back to our primary recycling plant in Stevenage.

Watton at Stone is a lovely little village. It is situated midway between the towns of Stevenage and Hertford in the valley of the River Beane. The population of Watton at Stone is about 3,793. Watton at Stone is also a civil parish in East Hertfordshire District Council.

Unfortunately, in these times of austerity, people are afraid that the local authorities will start to tax the amount of waste created by a household. There has been a fair amount of media coverage on these proposals in other parts of the country. The simple fact is that we all generate rubbish, whether it be everyday household waste, or the occasional old mattress or sofa. The last thing we want is to have an extra tax levied on us, just because we have a certain amount of rubbish to dispose of.

Fly tipping in Watton at Stone is a genuine concern

The biggest argument against the taxing of our household waste is the fear that people will begin to fly tip or dispose of their waste materials in a neighbour's bin just to avoid being taxed themselves. Should this happen, even a place as lovely as Watton at Stone would soon become pretty undesirable if vast amounts of rubbish were left dumped at the side of the roads on fly tipped in woodland.

Should this system ever be introduced, it could also encourage people to hoard their rubbish rather than put it out for collection. Watton at Stone Skip Hire have the ideal solution to this problem, hired skip sharing! This is a simple and effective way of getting rid of a large amount of waste and if several households chip in, the cost will be minimal. A street in Watton at Stone did just that, once every couple of months, a group of neighbour's chip in to hire a skip from us. They can all put any garden waste that will not fit in their brown bins into the skip, small items of old worn-out furniture, you name it. This sort of cooperative arrangement also brings a community closer together, so everyone is a winner.

For safe, convenient rubbish removal of bulky and heavy loads, it is well worth contacting us at Watton at Stone Skip Hire for some advice and a quote.

A little about Watton at Stone

The name Watton first appeared in writing in an 11th-century collection of 10th-century Anglo-Saxon wills as Wattun. It was later recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as both Wodtune and Watone. The origin of the Watton word is uncertain and is variously ascribed to Old English wad or woad, and ton meaning small farming settlement; or waden meaning ford; or from waetan meaning watery.

The suffix -at-Stone dates from the early 13th century and may be derived from the presence of two large examples of Hertfordshire puddingstone, now situated at the former Waggon and Horses public house. However, it is far more likely that the suffix refers to the Roman road, which was once described as a Stone Street that ran from Verulamium, now known as modern St Albans, fording the River Beane at Watton-at-Stone. The area where the bridge over the railway was built was shown on tithe maps as a common, and the fields to the east and west of this point were named Stoneyfield and Further Stoneyfield. It has been deduced that the Roman Road passed through this area, and the later village took its name from the important routeway. In the 1950s, sections of the road agger or embankment, composed of large flint nodules, could still be seen at several points in the village; most obviously, the northern boundary of the grounds of Chestnut House preserves the line of the road.

Prehistoric archaeological finds in Watton-at-Stone

Fascinating archaeological finds indicate significant prehistoric activity in the Watton-at-Stone area before the village was established. The earliest finds are Palaeolithic hand axes found in the village of Watton-at-Stone and also at the Frogmore gravel pit, and there are traces of a Mesolithic site near the roundabout at the northern end of the bypass. Neolithic pits were found off Station Road, and several Neolithic or Bronze Age ring ditches are evident in fields surrounding Watton.

To the west of Watton-at-Stone near Raffin Green is a significant late Bronze Age site and Iron Age enclosure in the Great Humphreys field. It was close to here that the Iron Age Aston Mirror was found, closer to Watton-at-Stone than to the village of Aston, but technically in Aston parish due to the convoluted border. It is now kept at the British Museum. Another Iron Age enclosure was located by Broom Hall Farm, with an adjacent Roman farmstead and also a nearby Roman crematorium from which twenty-seven burials were extracted. A collection of possibly Belgic armour and weaponry was discovered in the middle of the 19th century by workers digging a drain to the west of Watton-at-Stone.

The Roman and Anglo-Saxon origins of Watton at Stone

The origins of Watton-at-Stone are from the construction of the Roman road, which crossed the High Street at the point of the modern milestone. Archaeological evidence indicates significant Roman activity at the roadside, with a probable Roman building near the Rectory and Roman field boundaries off Station Road which would suggest some permanent occupation. Watton was possibly a marketplace trading to travellers as they slowed to cross the River Beane, and the High Street may have been a pre-existing track and therefore the new Roman road formed a crossroads here.

Anglo-Saxon settlers developed Watton further into a village, with evidence of early Anglo-Saxon field boundaries and a crematorium off Station Road. It is likely that the focus of the Anglo-Saxon settlement was on the high ground at Watton Green, overlooking the Roman road and river valley below. There was a possible battle between the Danes and Saxons which took place on a field named "Danesfield" to the west of the village, although the field name is the only evidence to suggest this. If a battle did occur here, it would be most likely to have been in 911 with 1016 suggested as an alternative possible date.

The Watton manor was anciently held by the Crown but by the 1066 Conquest the Lord of Watton manor was Alwin Horne, an Anglo-Saxon thegn who owned other lands at Walkern, Sacombe and Middlesex. Alwin Horne is believed to have fought at the Battle of Stamford Bridge under King Harold in 1066 and later that year killed at the Battle of Hastings.

A skip to make your life easier in Watton at Stone

So if you live in or around the Watton at Stone area of Hertfordshire and want to take the worry and hassle out of disposing of your domestic or commercial waste and don't want to be hassled about when the local dump is open, why not give us a call at Watton at Stone Skip Hire? Do not waste hour after hour waiting in line at the local tip to offload your waste materials. Watton at Stone Skip Hire deal with all manner of domestic and commercial waste and dispose of it in an environmentally responsible way. Simply phone us and we can advise you as to the best size of skip for your needs.

Some of the services Stevenage Skip Hire provide in, and around, Watton at Stone:

• 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

• We offer a fully secure online ordering service for our skip hiring.
• Please select the required skip size below and the type of waste being placed into the skip.
• We will contact you within 24 Hrs to confirm delivery dates.
• Domestic skip hire is for 7 days. Additional periods of hire can be arranged prior to booking.

Highway permit service for Hertfordshire

If your skip is to be placed on a Hertfordshire highway or a verge then a permit is required, We can arrange this for you, with the permit costing from £57.00 including VAT. A permit can take up to a week to be approved by the local council, Please bear this in mind when ordering.

Payment methods

We accept Mastercard, Visa or Maestro.

Please read our Terms and conditions of skip hire before ordering.

All prices given are plus VAT which is added at the payment stage

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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