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	157	7,356	4,126	3,230
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	66	5,208	3,068	2,140
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	91	2,148	1,058	1,090
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	2	110	78	32
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	14	736	502	234
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	50	4,362	2,488	1,874
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Military School	1	94	70	24
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Prison Schools	1	16	8	8
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	3	58	58	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	11	678	444	234
CLASS III: Church of England - National	17	1,390	801	589
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	29	2,428	1,411	1,017
CLASS III: Independents - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Independents - Others	1	36	16	20
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	1	359	187	172
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Calvinistic Methodists	1	59	33	26
CLASS III: Dissenters - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	90	40	50
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	0	0	0	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	76	5,928	2,911	3,017
Church of England	37	2,498	1,273	1,225
Presbyterian Church in England	1	70	31	39
Independents	9	1,061	519	542
Baptists	1	20	17	3
Unitarians	1	63	30	33
Wesleyan Methodists	9	940	448	492
Methodist New Connexion	5	289	134	155
Primitive Methodists	5	362	173	189
Wesleyan Association	0	0	0	0
Calvinistic Methodists	5	340	160	180
Welsh Calvinistic Methodists	2	178	86	92
Roman Catholics	1	107	40	67

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