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	172	9,034	4,901	4,133
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	84	6,922	4,002	2,920
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	88	2,112	899	1,213
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	3	184	122	62
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	25	1,334	1,021	313
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	51	4,907	2,578	2,329
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	5	497	281	216
CLASS I: Military School	1	90	68	22
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	54	34	20
CLASS I: Prison School	1	40	20	20
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	3	228	203	25
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	22	1,106	818	288
CLASS III: Church of England - National	10	1,302	738	564
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	31	1,751	1,015	736
CLASS III: Independents	2	346	191	155
CLASS III: Society of Friends	2	87	57	30
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodist - British	2	261	197	64
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodist - Others	1	140	80	60
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	2	924	300	624
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	96	0	96
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools	1	118	65	53
CLASS IV: Blind School	1	56	40	16
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	1	44	0	44
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	2	279	176	103
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	62	5,937	3,114	2,823
Church of England	47	3,367	1,790	1,577
Independents	2	734	349	385
Society of Friends	1	125	125	0
Wesleyan Methodists	6	959	511	448
Primitive Methodists	2	71	27	44
Wesleyan Methodist Association	1	75	32	43
Wesleyan Reformers	1	310	157	153
Undefined Protestant Congregations	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	2	296	123	173

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