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	53	2,091	1,074	1,017
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	29	1,703	873	830
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	24	388	201	187
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	74	44	30
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	4	242	142	100
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	23	1,337	670	667
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1	50	17	33
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	74	44	30
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	4	242	142	100
CLASS III: Church of England - National	9	555	289	266
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	12	678	342	336
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	2	104	39	65
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	50	17	33
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	32	1,391	710	681
Church of England	23	920	495	425
Independents	4	194	91	103
Baptists	1	69	30	39
Wesleyan Methodists	1	21	8	13
Methodist New Connexion	0	0	0	0
Primitive Methodists	2	149	66	83
Calvinistic Methodists	1	38	20	18

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