Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Religion and Education

1851 Census of Great Britain, Religious Worship and Education. Scotland. Report and Tables, Table B [2] : " Accommodation and Attendance in each of the Counties of Scotland. (Denominational Details)".

List Scotland Dep	Wigtownshire ScoCnty

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.	Number of Places of Worshop and Sittings		Number Attendants at Public Worshop on Sunday, March 30, 1851			Number of Places open for Worship at each Period of the Day, on Sunday, March 30, 1851; and Number of Sittings thus available
	Places of Worship. [1]	Sittings. [2]	Morning. [3]	Afternoon. [4]	Evening. [5]	Places of Worship open			Sittings
	Places of Worship. [1]	Sittings. [2]	Morning. [3]	Afternoon. [4]	Evening. [5]	Morning. [6]	Afternoon. [7]	Evening. [8]	Morning. [9]	Afternoon. [10]	Evening. [11]
Presbyterian: Established Church	18	10,339	2,957	370	186	15	4	1	9,329	1,404	1,175
Presbyterian: Reformed Presbyterian Church	4	1,524	416	325	250	2	1	1	1,024	710	314
Presbyterian: United Presbyterian Church	9	3,952	2,004	1,122	296	9	5	2	3,952	2,292	670
Presbyterian: Free Church	14	5,642	2,627	1,389	1,125	11	7	2	4,638	2,672	1,068
Episcopal Church	1	0	83	0	111	1	0	1	0	0	0
Independents or Congregationalists	1	300	52	0	59	1	0	1	300	0	300
Roman Catholics	3	536	760	0	0	3	0	0	536	0	0

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