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	239	14,970	8,343	6,627
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	68	9,469	5,346	4,123
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	171	5,501	2,997	2,504
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	44	23	21
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	21	1,248	949	299
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	35	5,891	3,140	2,751
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	11	2,286	1,234	1,052
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	44	23	21
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	5	211	193	18
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	16	1,037	756	281
CLASS III: Church of England - National	16	3,010	1,604	1,406
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	6	750	389	361
CLASS III: Independents	4	756	355	401
CLASS III: Baptists - British	1	180	90	90
CLASS III: Baptists - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	4	495	321	174
CLASS III: Methodist New Connexion	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	1	31	31	0
CLASS III: Dissenters - Not otherwise defined	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	70	30	40
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	2	599	320	279
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	10	2,112	1,124	988
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	174	110	64
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	136	23,644	11,091	12,553
Church of England	32	5,916	2,769	3,147
Presbyterian Church in England	0	0	0	0
Independents	22	5,402	2,544	2,858
Baptists	10	1,683	769	914
Unitarians	1	90	40	50
Wesleyan Methodists	32	5,093	2,416	2,677
Methodist New Connexion	13	2,654	1,162	1,492
Primitive Methodists	9	1,060	464	596
Wesleyan Methodist Association	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodist Reformers	4	643	308	335
New Church	0	0	0	0
Undefined Protestant Congregations	12	1,011	619	392
Roman Catholics	1	92	0	92

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