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	134	9,123	5,216	3,907
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	86	7,697	4,404	3,293
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	48	1,426	812	614
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	3	93	60	33
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	11	552	374	178
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	70	6,838	3,899	2,939
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2	214	71	143
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	2	86	54	32
CLASS I: Prison Schools	1	7	6	1
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	2	65	65	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	9	487	309	178
CLASS III: Church of England	48	4,874	2,710	2,164
CLASS III: Independents	1	40	27	13
CLASS III: Calvinistic Methodists	13	1,063	662	401
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	2	178	116	62
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	35	17	18
CLASS III: Undenominational	5	648	367	281
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	167	60	107
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	1	47	11	36
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	307	35,132	19,279	15,853
Church of England	31	3,160	1,627	1,533
Independents	61	5,228	3,014	2,214
Baptists	29	1,625	881	744
Wesleyan Methodists	40	3,606	2,033	1,573
Calvinistic Methodists	141	20,985	11,437	9,548
Undefined Protestant Congregations	4	494	263	231
Latter Day Saints	1	34	24	10

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