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	67	3,769	2,020	1,749
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	23	2,682	1,451	1,231
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	44	1,087	569	518
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	43	27	16
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	5	573	329	244
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	16	2,006	1,035	971
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1	60	60	0
CLASS I: Military School	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	43	27	16
CLASS I: Prison Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	36	36	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	4	537	293	244
CLASS III: Church of England - National	10	1,253	694	559
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	3	384	176	208
CLASS III: Independents - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Independents - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	1	178	90	88
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Calvinistic Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Dissenters - British	1	101	35	66
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	90	40	50
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	60	60	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	53	5,978	2,850	3,128
Church of England	19	2,594	1,242	1,352
Presbyterian Church in England	0	0	0	0
Independents	3	515	235	280
Baptists	2	61	34	27
Unitarians	1	25	10	15
Wesleyan Methodists	16	1,698	813	885
Methodist New Connexion	1	152	57	95
Primitive Methodists	7	504	228	276
Wesleyan Association	3	319	181	138
Calvinistic Methodists	0	0	0	0
Welsh Calvinistic Methodists	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	1	110	50	60

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