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 Bedfordshire RegC	Biggleswade 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	46	2,201	1,148	1,053
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	23	1,753	888	865
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	23	448	260	188
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	28	8	20
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	5	381	230	151
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	17	1,344	650	694
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	28	8	20
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	5	381	230	151
CLASS III: Church of England - National	10	774	418	356
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	6	397	139	258
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	173	93	80
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	0	0	0	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	34	3,529	1,675	1,854
Church of England	20	1,965	984	981
Independents	1	129	48	81
Baptists	5	544	234	310
Wesleyan Methodists	8	891	409	482
Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
Mixed and Undefined Protestant Congregations	0	0	0	0

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