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".

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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	106	4,345	2,327	2,018
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	42	2,755	1,585	1,170
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	64	1,590	742	848
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	51	31	20
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	10	595	462	133
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	25	1,772	907	865
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	6	337	185	152
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	51	31	20
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	2	105	105	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	8	490	357	133
CLASS III: Church of England - National	5	554	261	293
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	17	1,017	497	520
CLASS III: Presbyterian Church In England	1	34	24	10
CLASS III: Independents	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Baptists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists - Others	1	43	43	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	124	82	42
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	6	337	185	152
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	63	5,649	3,001	2,648
Church of England	23	1,934	967	967
Presbyterian Church in England	1	51	25	26
Independents	9	1,102	588	514
Baptists	3	193	126	67
Society of Friends	0	0	0	0
Unitarians	5	246	141	105
Wesleyan Methodists	15	1,648	887	761
Methodist New Connexion	1	71	48	23
Primitive Methodists	5	229	139	90
Wesleyan Association	0	0	0	0
Calvinistic Methodists	0	0	0	0
Mixed and Undefined Protestant Congregations	1	175	80	95
Southcottians	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0

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