Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Religion and Education

1851 Census of Great Britain, Religious Worship and Education. Scotland. Report and Tables, Table B [2] : " Accommodation and Attendance in each of the Counties of Scotland. (Denominational Details)".

List Lanarkshire ScoCnty	Glasgow Burgh

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.	Number of Places of Worshop and Sittings		Number Attendants at Public Worshop on Sunday, March 30, 1851			Number of Places open for Worship at each Period of the Day, on Sunday, March 30, 1851; and Number of Sittings thus available
	Places of Worship. [1]	Sittings. [2]	Morning. [3]	Afternoon. [4]	Evening. [5]	Places of Worship open			Sittings
	Places of Worship. [1]	Sittings. [2]	Morning. [3]	Afternoon. [4]	Evening. [5]	Morning. [6]	Afternoon. [7]	Evening. [8]	Morning. [9]	Afternoon. [10]	Evening. [11]
Presbyterian: Established Church	25	-	13,953	14,635	1,000	-	-	-	2,795	16,192	22,907
Presbyterian: Reformed Presbyterian Church	2	-	1,536	1,680	0	-	-	-	0	1,920	1,920
Presbyterian: Original Secession Church	2	-	650	930	145	-	-	-	0	1,020	1,550
Presbyterian: United Presbyterian Church	20	-	15,080	16,649	1,613	-	-	-	306	19,928	22,484
Presbyterian: Free Church	27	-	15,651	13,298	3,324	-	-	-	1,654	17,863	22,339
Episcopal Church	5	-	2,661	1,785	285	-	-	-	760	530	2,880
Independents or Congregationalists	11	-	2,981	3,288	733	-	-	-	1,520	2,800	6,340
Baptists	6	-	930	1,058	535	-	-	-	1,040	550	1,590
Society of Friends	2	-	60	38	0	-	-	-	0	0	400
Unitarians	1	-	400	0	400	-	-	-	350	500	850
Wesleyan Methodists: Original Connexion	4	-	1,600	0	375	-	-	-	250	1,750	2,000
Wesleyan Methodists: Primitive Methodists	1	-	80	40	120	-	-	-	20	100	120
Glassites or Sandemanians	1	-	60	96	0	-	-	-	250	0	250
New Church	1	-	107	47	89	-	-	-	20	230	250
Evangelical Union	2	-	1,550	1,350	0	-	-	-	0	0	1,400
Isolated Congregations	9	-	557	631	628	-	-	-	1,330	0	1,630
Roman Catholics	8	-	12,000	6,000	5,400	-	-	-	1,499	4,065	10,914
Latter Day Saints or Mormons	1	-	450	450	400	-	-	-	600	0	600
Catholic and Apostolic Church	1	-	75	100	0	-	-	-	150	0	150

Comments:

1	The original table includes extensive county-specific footnotes.

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