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 Dep	Wiltshire RegC

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	725	32,871	16,965	15,906
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	343	25,748	13,396	12,352
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	382	7,123	3,569	3,554
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	17	1,086	621	465
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	44	2,427	1,480	947
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	269	20,694	10,307	10,387
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	13	1,541	988	553
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	17	1,086	621	465
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	4	144	134	10
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	40	2,283	1,346	937
CLASS III: Church of England	233	17,268	8,374	8,894
CLASS III: Independents	9	857	425	432
CLASS III: Baptists	5	456	274	182
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	3	316	230	86
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	3	181	77	104
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	4	187	73	114
CLASS III: Undenominational	12	1,429	854	575
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	1	298	163	135
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	12	1,243	825	418
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	445	35,325	17,400	17,925
Church of England	260	19,945	9,804	10,141
Independents	41	4,659	2,191	2,468
Baptists	51	4,593	2,269	2,324
Unitarians	1	15	4	11
Moravians	2	85	8	77
Wesleyan Methodists	81	5,537	2,881	2,656
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	1	50	16	34
Brethren	1	36	15	21
Undefined Protestant Congregations	6	310	167	143
Roman Catholics	1	95	45	50

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