Forgotten Churches: St Aldhelm's Chapel, Purbeck, Dorset

Drowned lovers, a mysterious grave, and an incredibly beautiful location.

In 1140, the Father of a young newlywed bride watched as she and her new husband took a boat out around the headland of the South Dorset coast. He was troubled to see in the distance a storm growing across the horizon. From the cliffs that rise over 100 metres above sea level he saw waves begin to rock the boat, and as the storm blew ferociously in he c…