Welcome to Twycraft, the online face of the Ye Olde Eight Bells Shoppe, situated in the ancient borough of Christchurch. The Olde Eight Bells Shoppe was built in 1450 and is a stone throw away from the Priory Church, which was built in the late 11th century.

Why the name "Eight Bells"?

It is rumoured that there were 7 bells in the Priory and after the Bell Ringers finished there rehearsal they came to this building, which was a public house, to have a drink. This building has been known as the eighth bell ever since.

Ye Olde Eight Bells was converted from a pub to a shop in 1908. Since 1908 it has served Christchurch with many different trades. Over the past 2 decades it has been a Gift Shop. At the beginning of the year 2000 Ian & Anita brought the building and the business.

Ian has been trading for over 18 years and brought his craft business with him and merged it with the gift trade.

Ye Olde Eight Bells now sells many gift and craft products, and specialises in collectable gifts and needlework. Ian and Anita welcomes you to their Web site and invites you to browse through the site which we hope will give you a flavour of the products we sell. If you wish to purchase any products that are shown please order them and we will get them to you as fast as possible but within 28 days. If there are any products you are looking for and you cannot see them please contact us and we will try to help you.

May we thank you very much for visiting our web site. We hope we can be of service to you and would like to assure you of our very best attention at all times.

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