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	65	2,168	1,173	995
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	30	1,572	891	681
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	35	596	282	314
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	25	17	8
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	18	893	532	361
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	10	601	315	286
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1	53	27	26
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	25	17	8
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	5	321	241	80
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	13	572	291	281
CLASS III: Church of England - National	2	316	198	118
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	8	285	117	168
CLASS III: Independents - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Independents - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Baptists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Association	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: New Church	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	1	53	27	26
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	0	0	0	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	40	2,415	1,250	1,165
Church of England	28	1,694	868	826
Independents	1	48	18	30
Baptists	2	43	24	19
Society of Friends	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	7	411	233	178
Primitive Methodists	1	179	85	94
Wesleyan Association	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Reformers	1	40	22	18
New Church	0	0	0	0
Undefined Protestant Congregations	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0

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