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	164	12,485	6,450	6,035
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	34	7,951	4,204	3,747
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	130	4,534	2,246	2,288
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	73	36	37
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	8	952	627	325
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	22	6,607	3,352	3,255
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	3	319	189	130
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	73	36	37
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	77	77	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	7	875	550	325
CLASS III: Church of England - National	12	4,743	2,376	2,367
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	3	148	40	108
CLASS III: Independents	2	253	114	139
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodist	4	709	450	259
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	754	372	382
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools	1	175	77	98
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	2	144	112	32
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	55	11,873	5,804	6,069
Church of England	16	3,501	1,528	1,973
Independents	11	2,256	1,151	1,105
Baptists	4	1,109	531	578
Society of Friends	1	187	127	60
Unitarians	1	214	84	130
Wesleyan Methodists	15	3,035	1,540	1,495
Methodist New Connexion	3	779	417	362
Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodist Association	1	91	43	48
Wesleyan Reformers	1	319	198	121
Undefined Protestant Congregations	1	68	35	33
Roman Catholics	1	314	150	164

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