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	67	2,467	1,273	1,194
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	26	1,653	937	716
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	41	814	336	478
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	48	31	17
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	4	216	188	28
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	21	1,389	718	671
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	48	31	17
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	2	92	84	8
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	2	124	104	20
CLASS III: Church of England - National	5	531	292	239
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	14	743	355	388
CLASS III: Society of Friends	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	1	31	15	16
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	84	56	28
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	39	3,071	1,476	1,595
Church of England	26	1,737	836	901
Independents	1	157	70	87
Baptists	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	10	975	478	497
Primitive Methodists	2	202	92	110
Wesleyan Association	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Reformers	0	0	0	0
Undefined Protestant Congregations	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0

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