Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Education

1851 Census of Great Britain, Education. England and Wales. Report and Tables, Table 2 : " Number of Day and Sunday Schools in the 624 Districts or Unions, classified according to their sources of maintenance".

List West Riding RegC	Doncaster RegD/PLU

DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Number of Scholars belonging to the Schools
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Total. [2]	Males. [3]	Females. [4]
DAY SCHOOLS	103	4,667	2,513	2,154
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	37	3,126	1,668	1,458
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	66	1,541	845	696
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	75	42	33
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	7	279	199	80
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	27	2,667	1,354	1,313
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2	105	73	32
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	75	42	33
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	50	36	14
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	6	229	163	66
CLASS III: Church of England - National	13	1,215	625	590
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	10	661	295	366
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodist	2	107	51	56
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	2	684	383	301
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb School	1	87	55	32
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	18	18	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	68	4,762	2,291	2,471
Church of England	38	2,367	1,148	1,219
Independents	2	212	105	107
Baptists	1	89	49	40
Unitarians	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	20	1,533	708	825
Methodist New Connexion	1	90	50	40
Primitive Methodists	4	395	188	207
Wesleyan Methodist Association	1	59	34	25
Undefined Protestant Congregations	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	1	17	9	8

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