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 Kent RegC	Medway 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	124	5,573	3,277	2,296
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	23	3,033	2,003	1,030
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	101	2,540	1,274	1,266
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	9	847	650	197
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	2	85	85	0
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	11	2,041	1,208	833
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1	60	60	0
CLASS I: Military Schools	5	401	314	87
CLASS I: Military Prison School	1	74	74	0
CLASS I: Royal Marine School	1	180	133	47
CLASS I: Dockyard School	1	61	61	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	131	68	63
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	2	85	85	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Church of England - National	7	1,437	850	587
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	1	18	18	0
CLASS III: Baptists - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	3	586	340	246
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	60	60	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	0	0	0	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	32	4,351	2,015	2,336
Church of England	9	1,518	709	809
Independents	7	1,065	501	564
Baptists	5	395	182	213
Wesleyan Methodists	5	1,023	455	568
Primitive Methodists	1	65	30	35
Bible Christians	2	107	45	62
Wesleyan Association	1	43	23	20
Congregations undefined	2	135	70	65

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