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	110	5,005	2,766	2,239
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	51	3,498	2,062	1,436
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	59	1,507	704	803
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	30	17	13
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	22	1,410	916	494
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	27	1,998	1,085	913
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1	60	44	16
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	30	17	13
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	4	155	135	20
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	18	1,255	781	474
CLASS III: Church of England - National	6	924	586	338
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	19	870	370	500
CLASS III: Society of Friends - British	1	52	29	23
CLASS III: Society of Friends - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	152	100	52
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Railway School	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	60	44	16
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	58	5,644	2,675	2,969
Church of England	39	3,138	1,458	1,680
Independents	3	706	317	389
Baptists	1	44	17	27
Society of Friends	2	132	86	46
Unitarians	1	52	27	25
Wesleyan Methodists	6	1,040	511	529
Primitive Methodists	1	60	34	26
Wesleyan Reformers	1	46	20	26
Undefined Protestant Congregations	4	426	205	221
Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0

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