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 Lancashire RegC	Rochdale 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	115	7,796	4,609	3,187
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	38	4,852	2,951	1,901
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	77	2,944	1,658	1,286
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	0	0	0	0
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	8	600	355	245
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	21	3,506	2,103	1,403
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	9	746	493	253
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	2	133	81	52
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	6	467	274	193
CLASS III: Church of England - National	7	1,407	831	576
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	3	766	463	303
CLASS III: Independents - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Independents - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Baptists - British	1	75	44	31
CLASS III: Baptists - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	3	247	147	100
CLASS III: Wesleyan Association	2	125	67	58
CLASS III: Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	1	90	54	36
CLASS III: New Church	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	70	40	30
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	3	726	457	269
CLASS IV: Old Fellows' Orphan School	1	123	102	21
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	2	190	107	83
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	6	433	284	149
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	67	15,717	7,280	8,437
Church of England	11	2,945	1,371	1,574
Independents	6	1,455	696	759
Baptists	7	2,074	1,020	1,054
Unitarians	1	133	65	68
Wesleyan Methodists	13	2,745	1,302	1,443
Methodist New Connexion	2	533	241	292
Primitive Methodists	6	590	289	301
Wesleyan Association	10	3,208	1,381	1,827
Wesleyan Reformers	1	148	82	66
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	3	844	332	512
New Church	0	0	0	0
Undefined Protestant Congregations	5	882	431	451
Roman Catholics	2	160	70	90
Latter Day Saints	0	0	0	0

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