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	96	4,822	2,800	2,022
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	16	2,719	1,620	1,099
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	80	2,103	1,180	923
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	2	126	70	56
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	5	220	107	113
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	4	1,261	751	510
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	5	1,112	692	420
CLASS I: Military Schools	1	38	14	24
CLASS I: Military Prison Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Dockyard Apprentice School	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Naval and Military School	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	88	56	32
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	1	39	39	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	4	181	68	113
CLASS III: Church of England - National	2	977	570	407
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	1	188	90	98
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	1	96	91	5
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	83	83	0
CLASS IV: Female Orphan Schools	1	60	0	60
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	2	869	509	360
CLASS IV: Seamen and Soldiers Society's School	1	100	100	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	25	4,544	2,213	2,331
Church of England	7	1,525	710	815
Independents	5	1,234	575	659
Baptists	1	358	176	182
Unitarians	1	71	35	36
Moravians	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	6	950	509	441
Bible Christians	1	129	65	64
Wesleyan Association	1	85	50	35
Brethren	0	0	0	0
Mixed and Undefined Congregations	3	192	93	99

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