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 Hampshire RegC	Portsmouth RegD/PLPar/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	266	9,514	5,042	4,472
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	32	4,585	2,564	2,021
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	234	4,929	2,478	2,451
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	5	466	252	214
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	1	31	31	0
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	24	3,991	2,227	1,764
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2	97	54	43
CLASS I: Military Schools	3	157	84	73
CLASS I: Royal Marine School	1	55	55	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	254	113	141
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	31	31	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Church of England - National	4	1,067	625	442
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	12	1,481	776	705
CLASS III: Independents - British	3	452	190	262
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	2	203	142	61
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	80	39	41
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	2	708	455	253
CLASS IV: Seaman's Orphan School	1	80	50	30
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	17	4	13
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	31	4,625	2,083	2,542
Church of England	7	588	263	325
Independents	7	965	418	547
Baptists	7	1,321	588	733
Unitarians	1	113	60	53
Wesleyan Methodists	5	1,194	545	649
Primitive Methodists	1	89	40	49
Bible Christians	2	275	130	145
Roman Catholics	1	80	39	41

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