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Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey
1833–1919
A 19th-century Anglican clergyman and church historian, he is best remembered for co-authoring a major study of the Church of England in the 1700s. His work combines careful scholarship with a clear interest in how religion shaped everyday English life.
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The English Church in the Eighteenth Century
by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey, John Henry Overton
About the author
Born in 1833, Charles John Abbey studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he later took his B.A. and M.A. He became a fellow of University College, Oxford, and in 1865 was appointed rector of Checkendon in Oxfordshire.
Abbey is chiefly known as the co-author, with John Henry Overton, of The English Church in the Eighteenth Century, first published in 1878. The book earned a lasting place in church history writing for its detailed account of religious life, institutions, and debate in Georgian England.
The surviving source material available here points to Abbey as both a parish clergyman and a serious scholar whose reputation rests mainly on that historical work. I could not confirm a reliable portrait image from the sources I checked, so none is included here.