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".

List England Dep	North Riding RegC

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	754	26,713	14,864	11,849
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	323	17,140	10,347	6,793
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	431	9,573	4,517	5,056
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	8	240	144	96
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	105	4,215	2,867	1,348
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	189	11,477	6,621	4,856
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	21	1,208	715	493
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	7	201	116	85
CLASS I: Prison Schools	1	39	28	11
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	21	926	781	145
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	84	3,289	2,086	1,203
CLASS III: Church of England	153	8,318	4,688	3,630
CLASS III: Independents	1	35	30	5
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	20	1,154	699	455
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	1	20	13	7
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	2	200	110	90
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	5	275	130	145
CLASS III: Undenominational	7	1,475	951	524
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	1	43	23	20
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	20	1,165	692	473
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	434	24,420	12,701	11,719
Church of England	238	12,379	6,555	5,824
United Presbyterian Church	2	119	62	57
Independents	27	1,484	720	764
Baptists	4	321	158	163
Unitarians	1	30	20	10
Wesleyan Methodists	150	9,409	4,818	4,591
Undefined Protestant Congregations	7	478	263	215
Roman Catholics	5	200	105	95

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