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St Aldhelm's or St Alban's ?

The tiny Norman chapel on the headland is dedicated to St Aldhelm, a Saxon Bishop of Sherborne who died in 709 which gave rise to the popular name for the headland as St Aldhelm's Head. However, mariners have for centuries referred to the headland as St Alban's Head, after the first British martyr put to death around 304. St Alban's Head has now become the common name for the headland