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 England Dep	Lincolnshire RegC

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	1,410	52,104	28,073	24,031
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	462	32,572	19,467	13,105
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	948	19,532	8,606	10,926
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	16	1,428	803	625
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	136	8,754	5,861	2,893
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	290	20,965	11,989	8,976
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	20	1,425	814	611
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	14	1,366	743	623
CLASS I: Prison Schools	2	62	60	2
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	23	1,267	1,242	25
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	113	7,487	4,619	2,868
CLASS III: Church of England	250	16,611	9,375	7,236
CLASS III: Independents	1	172	95	77
CLASS III: Baptists	1	60	10	50
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	24	2,132	1,400	732
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	1	120	53	67
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	3	126	60	66
CLASS III: Undenominational	10	1,744	996	748
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	1	31	16	15
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	19	1,394	798	596
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	822	55,688	28,384	27,304
Church of England	437	25,121	12,977	12,144
Independents	27	3,250	1,591	1,659
Baptists	35	2,725	1,341	1,384
Wesleyan Methodists	305	23,577	11,916	11,661
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	1	60	20	40
Undefined Protestant Congregations	10	658	388	270
Roman Catholics	5	247	130	117
Latter Day Saints	2	50	21	29

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