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

Skip hire in Welwyn for all your waste requirements

A client in Welwyn recently decided to take on his sizeable garden as a summer project. This was going to involve excavating a fair amount of earth which would need to be disposed of.

Some of the earth was used to make a series of raised flower beds and also to make one part of the garden slightly higher, but he was astonished at the amount of soil and rubble he had unearthed that still needed to be disposed of.

The solution was to hire a large skip from us. We agreed a time and date for the skip to be delivered to his Welwyn property and he was able to make a huge dent in the massive mountain of surplus earth he had in his garden.

Imagine trying to get rid of that another way! Sometimes it can be really tricky offloading soil and other waste garden materials at a local recycling centre, not to mention the cost in fuel making multiple return trips even if you do find somewhere that will take it. The weight of soil means that the average family car can only take a few bags at a time, and who wants to put a load of dirty soil in their lovely clean family car?

Where did Welwyn get its name from?

The name of Welwyn is derived from Old English welig meaning "willow", referring to the trees that nestle on the banks of the River Mimram as it flows through the village. The name itself is an evolution from weligun, the dative form of the word, and so is more precisely translated as "at the willows", unlike nearby Willian which is likely to mean simply "the willows".

The river Mimram is mentioned by the father of angling Izaak Walton. He spent many happy hours fishing the chalk stream that runs through Welwyn.

Through having its name derived from welig rather than sealh, which is the more commonly cited Old English word for willow, Welwyn is possibly cognate with Heligan in Cornwall whose name is derived from helygen, the Cornish word for willow that shares a root with welig.

The nearby modern village of Digswell that is situated near Welwyn North railway station was originally called 'High Welwyn' when first developed at the beginning of the 20th century. Very few people realise that Digswell used to have this name, but some unscrupulous individuals have used the High Welwyn name when trying to sell a property in Digswell, as Welwyn does tend to have rather high property prices. Having said that, Digswell property prices are on par or even more expensive than many properties in the village of Welwyn itself these days.

Some historical information on Welwyn

Situated in the valley of the River Mimram, Welwyn has hosted documented human activity since the Palaeolithic era, with stone tools from that time having been found alongside the river and further inland across the area. Settlement across the Welwyn area seems to have become established during the Bronze Age according to various recovered artefacts and crop marks left by round barrows and burial mounds from that period.

Iron Age remnants had not been detected until the Late Iron Age, with various local chieftain burials dated to the 1st Century BC gaining national prominence.

The Belgae Celtic culture colonised much of South-Eastern England in the 1st century BC, with Welwyn in the area believed to have been settled by the Catuvellauni tribe.

The Romans come to Welwyn

Following the Roman invasion, Welwyn was settled by the Romans. The area was marshy, and the settlement of Welwyn was a known fording point across the river since at least Roman times when the Roman road through the village was laid out, leading to the establishment of the settlement around the road and the ford. Many Roman artefacts have been found in and around the village, including the remains of several Roman villas close by.

The Welwyn Roman Baths, which are the remains of a third-century Roman bath house have been preserved and are open to the public. The exhibit is in a vault beneath the A1 (M) Motorway next to Welwyn village. One particular excavation revealed a large Roman cemetery very close to the site of the current church, which itself is known to date back to at least Saxon times. The church lies directly alongside the route of the Roman road.

The archaeological record in Welwyn is nearly continuous from the late Iron Age through to recorded times, lacking proof of occupation only in the early Anglo-Saxon period. It is therefore likely that Welwyn has been continuously occupied for over 2000 years.

Welwyn was at the heart of the territory of the Anglo-Saxon Tewingas tribe and was the site of an early minster church. In 1990, a proposal was made to rename the village as "Welwyn Minster" to shake off the unpopular "Old" name. Welwyn villagers do take exception to their village being referred to as Old Welwyn. They are always very quick to point out that the correct name is simply Welwyn. They are equally annoyed by people thinking that Welwyn is part of nearby Welwyn Garden City.

The massacre on St. Brice's day on 13 November 1002, when the Saxons turned on their newly settled Danish neighbours, is said to have commenced near Welwyn.

A Norman church was built on the site of the Saxon church in about 1190. The nave of the present church of St Mary's was built in the 13th century, the chancel arch being the most obvious early structure. There are two medieval corbels at the east end of the south aisle. Patronage of the church passed through several hands until in 1549 it was sold to the Wilshere family, who lived at The Frythe until relatively recently.

Much later, in the 17th century, as it lies on the old Great North Road, Welwyn became an important staging post and a number of coaching inns remain as public houses. After the Great Northern Railway by-passed the village due to the objections of local landowners, Welwyn became less important. Having previously been seen as a town on par with Hatfield and Stevenage, it gradually was seen as a village. The 20th century brought major expansion to the area, as estates to the south; west and north of Welwyn were built up.

Whatever you need to clear in Welwyn, skip hire is the answer

So, whether you want to clear the junk from your attic, garage, shed or even get rid of piles of unwanted earth, skip hire in Welwyn is definitely the way to go.

Skip hire is the cost effective and convenient way to rid yourself of all those things you no longer have use for. Give us a call today!

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

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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