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 West Riding RegC	Wakefield RegD/PLU

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	116	6,637	3,626	3,011
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	47	4,867	2,766	2,101
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	69	1,770	860	910
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	200	185	15
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	11	1,026	670	356
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	28	3,067	1,636	1,431
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	7	574	275	299
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Prison School	1	200	185	15
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	38	38	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	10	988	632	356
CLASS III: Church of England - National	8	1,227	650	577
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	15	1,264	621	643
CLASS III: Independents - British	1	209	139	70
CLASS III: Independents - Others	1	41	41	0
CLASS III: Unitarians	1	86	57	29
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	65	40	25
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	175	88	87
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	1	32	19	13
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	6	542	256	286
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	62	7,283	3,783	3,500
Church of England	27	3,229	1,690	1,539
Independents	5	830	402	428
Baptists	1	123	64	59
Society of Friends	0	0	0	0
Unitarians	1	146	70	76
Wesleyan Methodists	14	1,370	747	623
Methodist New Connexion	2	220	114	106
Primitive Methodists	4	567	295	272
Wesleyan Methodist Association	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodist Reformers	4	247	120	127
Brethren	0	0	0	0
Undefined Protestant Congregations	3	486	241	245
Roman Catholics	1	65	40	25

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