It probably doesn't affect the argument, but 'The Place-names of
Hertfordshire' (English Place-name Society, 1938) records the following
historical forms:
(aet) Sancte Albane (957)
Sancte Albanes stow (1007)
la ville de Seint Alban (Norman-French)
villa Sancti Albani (Domesday Book - in Latin)
villa de Sancto Albano (medieval, Latin)
le Covent de Seynt Alban (1302)
la dite ville de Seint Alban (time of Edward II)
la ville de Seint Auban (time of Edward III)
Seint Auban (1400)
Seynt Albones (1421)
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Steve
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