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	77	3,504	1,783	1,721
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	26	2,280	1,195	1,085
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	51	1,224	588	636
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	0	0	0	0
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	5	349	198	151
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	20	1,913	987	926
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1	18	10	8
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Prison School	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	11	11	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	4	338	187	151
CLASS III: Church of England - National	7	761	336	425
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	10	583	345	238
CLASS III: Independents - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Independents - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Unitarians	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists - British	2	530	271	259
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	39	35	4
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	18	10	8
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	50	4,264	2,200	2,064
Church of England	19	1,518	764	754
Independents	3	410	223	187
Baptists	0	0	0	0
Society of Friends	0	0	0	0
Unitarians	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	20	1,827	962	865
Methodist New Connexion	0	0	0	0
Primitive Methodists	7	479	239	240
Wesleyan Methodist Association	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodist Reformers	0	0	0	0
Brethren	0	0	0	0
Undefined Protestant Congregations	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	1	30	12	18

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