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 Cambridgeshire RegC	Ely 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	85	2,845	1,509	1,336
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	24	1,773	955	818
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	61	1,072	554	518
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	66	36	30
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	6	368	327	41
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	17	1,339	592	747
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	66	36	30
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	41	41	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	5	327	286	41
CLASS III: Church of England - National	5	725	395	330
CLASS III: Church of England - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	11	517	190	327
CLASS III: Independents - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Dissenters - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	97	7	90
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	37	2,706	1,356	1,350
Church of England	11	1,034	498	536
Independents	0	0	0	0
Baptists	8	510	265	245
Unitarians	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	12	858	445	413
Primitive Methodists	4	200	100	100
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	1	37	16	21
Mixed and Undefined Protestant Congregations	1	67	32	35

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