| Description | In 1831 Charles Abel Heurtley graduated M.A., was ordained and served the curacy of Wardington, near Cropredy, until 1840, when he was appointed to the college living of Fenny Compton. During this period he was also reader in Latin at Corpus (1832-5), select readier before the university (1834 and 1838), and junior dean of his college (1838). He graduated B.D. in 1838 and D.D. in 1853. He was Bampton lecturer in 1845, and was elected Margaret professor by the graduates in theology, who were also members of convocation, in 1853. This post he held for forty-two years, combining it with the rectory of Fenny Compton until 1872. He died at Oxford on 1 May 1895,
He was responsible for organising the Fenny Compton Water Company to provide a proper water supply for the village of Fenny Compton. |