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 England and Wales Dep	Wales Dep

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	2,020	104,047	57,845	46,202
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	961	76,897	43,480	33,417
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	1,059	27,150	14,365	12,785
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	31	1,430	839	591
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	193	12,250	7,363	4,887
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	644	53,765	30,147	23,618
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	93	9,452	5,131	4,321
CLASS I: Naval Schools	1	53	53	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	28	1,354	766	588
CLASS I: Prison Schools	2	23	20	3
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	23	932	908	24
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	170	11,318	6,455	4,863
CLASS III: Church of England	462	38,585	20,700	17,885
CLASS III: Independents	35	1,750	1,173	577
CLASS III: Baptists	12	588	394	194
CLASS III: Unitarians	1	25	25	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	7	608	367	241
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	1	85	31	54
CLASS III: Calvinistic Methodists	36	2,333	1,404	929
CLASS III: Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	1	80	0	80
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	10	868	560	308
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	12	848	444	404
CLASS III: Undenominational	67	7,995	5,049	2,946
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	167	60	107
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb Schools	1	22	13	9
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	37	6,398	3,459	2,939
CLASS IV: Colliery Schools	2	123	68	55
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	52	2,742	1,531	1,211
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	3,067	298,154	160,401	137,753
Church of England	530	40,392	20,038	20,354
United Presbyterian Church	2	234	116	118
Independents	687	68,402	38,227	30,175
Baptists	416	39,672	21,749	17,923
Unitarians	8	770	477	293
Moravians	2	98	47	51
Wesleyan Methodists	431	36,619	19,852	16,767
Calvinistic Methodists	933	108,223	57,760	50,463
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	2	250	112	138
Undefined Protestant Congregations	40	2,554	1,442	1,112
Roman Catholics	8	620	344	276
Latter Day Saints	8	320	237	83

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