Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Religion and Education

1851 Census of Great Britain, Religious Worship and Education. Scotland. Report and Tables, Table O : " Number of Day and Sabbath Schools and Scholars in each County".

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DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Number of Scholars
		Belonging to the Schools			Attending on the day of the Census
		Total. [2]	Males. [3]	Females. [4]	Total. [5]	Males. [6]	Females. [7]
DAY SCHOOLS	115	6,365	3,668	2,697	5,125	2,923	2,202
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	73	4,892	3,013	1,879	3,882	2,377	1,505
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	42	1,473	655	818	1,243	546	697
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	9	499	354	145	391	275	116
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	13	1,013	590	423	789	474	315
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	48	3,218	2,020	1,198	2,588	1,597	991
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	3	162	49	113	114	31	83
CLASS I: Burgh Schools	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Parochial Schools	9	499	354	145	391	275	116
CLASS II: Endowed Schools	13	1,013	590	423	789	474	315
CLASS III: Established Church	7	250	136	114	240	132	108
CLASS III: United Presbyterian Church	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Free Church	41	2,968	1,884	1,084	2,348	1,465	883
CLASS IV: Colliery Schools	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	3	162	49	113	114	31	83
SABBATH SCHOOLS	43	2,859	1,368	1,491	2,177	1,047	1,130
Established Church	8	402	205	197	250	122	128
United Presbyterian Church	2	231	111	120	191	89	102
Free Church	26	1,635	795	840	1,289	653	636
Episcopal Church	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Independents or Congregationalists	3	343	167	176	280	132	148
Baptists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evangelical Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isolated Congregations	4	248	90	158	167	51	116

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Comments:

1	The Scottish national totals presented here are totals computed from the county data.

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

By the term 'School' is here meant a distinct Establishment. Thus a School for Boys and Girls, if under one general management and conducted in one range of Buildings, is regarded as only one School, although the tuition may be carried out in separate compartments of the Building under separate superintendence.

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