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	1,190	46,667	24,342	22,325
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	363	30,011	15,838	14,173
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	827	16,656	8,504	8,152
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	23	1,210	684	526
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	32	1,762	1,192	570
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	291	25,538	13,308	12,230
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	17	1,501	654	847
CLASS I: Military Schools	2	76	50	26
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	21	1,134	634	500
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	4	193	193	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	28	1,569	999	570
CLASS III: Church of England	261	21,675	10,971	10,704
CLASS III: Independents	4	252	136	116
CLASS III: Baptists	2	96	62	34
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	6	496	287	209
CLASS III: Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	1	60	40	20
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	1	235	140	95
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	4	356	130	226
CLASS III: Undenominational	12	2,368	1,542	826
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	2	666	354	312
CLASS IV: Orphan Schools	2	123	0	123
CLASS IV: Blind Schools	1	17	9	8
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb Schools	1	38	16	22
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	11	657	275	382
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	369	30,001	14,806	15,195
Church of England	228	17,762	8,742	9,020
Presbyterian Church in England	1	369	187	182
Independents	46	4,177	2,018	2,159
Baptists	22	1,502	750	752
Society of Friends	1	30	30	0
Unitarians	5	277	150	127
Wesleyan Methodists	56	4,919	2,417	2,502
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	5	743	398	345
Undefined Protestant Congregations	4	175	92	83
Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
Catholic and Apostolic Church	1	47	22	25

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