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	Westmorland 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	214	8,978	4,915	4,063
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	119	6,594	3,957	2,637
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	95	2,384	958	1,426
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	3	149	94	55
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	68	3,326	2,345	981
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	43	2,782	1,428	1,354
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	5	337	90	247
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	3	149	94	55
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	29	1,507	1,139	368
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	39	1,819	1,206	613
CLASS III: Church of England	39	2,278	1,036	1,242
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	2	244	143	101
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	30	19	11
CLASS III: Undenominational	1	230	230	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	5	337	90	247
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	121	7,516	3,875	3,641
Church of England	74	4,505	2,281	2,224
United Presbyterian Church	1	80	50	30
Independents	6	234	131	103
Baptists	3	159	77	82
Unitarians	1	17	0	17
Wesleyan Methodists	29	1,700	893	807
Undefined Protestant Congregations	6	716	403	313
Roman Catholics	1	105	40	65

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