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 West Riding RegC	Dewsbury RegD/PLU

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	169	8,659	4,761	3,898
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	39	3,984	2,460	1,524
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	130	4,675	2,301	2,374
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	28	9	19
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	9	517	324	193
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	24	2,929	1,861	1,068
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	5	510	266	244
CLASS I: Military School	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	28	9	19
CLASS I: Prison School	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	4	221	183	38
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	5	296	141	155
CLASS III: Church of England - National	13	1,770	1,141	629
CLASS III: Church of England - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	4	467	265	202
CLASS III: Independents - British	1	121	90	31
CLASS III: Independents - Others	2	332	213	119
CLASS III: Baptists - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Society of Friends - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Moravians	1	20	20	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	2	179	111	68
CLASS III: Methodist New Connexion	1	40	21	19
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	1	47	25	22
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	4	463	241	222
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	78	13,267	6,703	6,564
Church of England	20	3,760	1,862	1,898
United Presbyterian Church	0	0	0	0
Independents	12	2,930	1,468	1,462
Baptists	3	277	137	140
Society of Friends	0	0	0	0
Unitarians	0	0	0	0
Moravians	2	182	81	101
Wesleyan Methodists	22	3,518	1,753	1,765
Methodist New Connexion	4	664	338	326
Primitive Methodists	4	384	193	191
Wesleyan Methodist Association	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodist Reformers	2	480	224	256
New Church	0	0	0	0
Undefined Protestant Congregations	8	952	587	365
Roman Catholics	1	120	60	60

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