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	582	22,912	11,871	11,041
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	241	16,066	8,620	7,446
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	341	6,846	3,251	3,595
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	9	613	314	299
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	49	2,859	1,911	948
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	177	12,229	6,206	6,023
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	6	365	189	176
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	9	613	314	299
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	9	583	583	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	40	2,276	1,328	948
CLASS III: Church of England	157	10,397	5,233	5,164
CLASS III: Independents	2	186	98	88
CLASS III: Baptists	4	352	74	278
CLASS III: Society of Friends	2	166	88	78
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	2	232	175	57
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	1	67	31	36
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	4	187	98	89
CLASS III: Undenominational	5	642	409	233
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	6	365	189	176
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	316	20,084	9,794	10,290
Church of England	216	13,279	6,533	6,746
Independents	28	2,018	928	1,090
Baptists	19	1,327	616	711
Unitarians	1	91	40	51
Wesleyan Methodists	47	3,224	1,570	1,654
Undefined Protestant Congregations	4	105	82	23
Roman Catholics	1	40	25	15

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