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	117	3,771	2,025	1,746
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	36	2,183	1,323	860
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	81	1,588	702	886
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	81	48	33
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	9	388	265	123
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	26	1,714	1,010	704
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	81	48	33
CLASS I: Prison Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	8	8	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	8	380	257	123
CLASS III: Church of England - National	8	407	184	223
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	14	858	564	294
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	2	291	185	106
CLASS III: Wesleyan Primitive Methodists	1	38	24	14
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	1	120	53	67
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	0	0	0	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	67	3,818	2,008	1,810
Church of England	28	1,438	858	580
Independents	1	165	72	93
Baptists	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	18	1,165	574	591
Methodist New Connexion	5	320	168	152
Primitive Methodists	13	614	278	336
Mixed and Undefined Protestant Congregations	1	88	50	38
Roman Catholics	1	28	8	20

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