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	113	5,807	3,303	2,504
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	34	4,194	2,291	1,903
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	79	1,613	1,012	601
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	120	45	75
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	1	50	50	0
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	30	3,870	2,131	1,739
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2	154	65	89
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	120	45	75
CLASS I: Prison Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	50	50	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Church of England - National	4	578	303	275
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	20	2,332	1,266	1,066
CLASS III: Independents	1	311	171	140
CLASS III: Baptists - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Baptists - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Unitarians	1	19	9	10
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	2	172	100	72
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	107	52	55
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	351	230	121
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	116	65	51
CLASS IV: Orphan School	1	38	0	38
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	0	0	0	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	38	4,167	1,888	2,279
Church of England	20	2,159	936	1,223
Independents	3	615	266	349
Baptists	4	397	197	200
Unitarians	1	47	26	21
Wesleyan Methodists	4	543	263	280
Wesleyan Methodist Association	2	89	33	56
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	2	172	97	75
Undefined Protestant Congregations	1	38	18	20
Roman Catholics	1	107	52	55

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