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	Bedfordshire 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	311	13,886	7,943	5,943
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	123	10,255	6,239	4,016
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	188	3,631	1,704	1,927
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	6	277	159	118
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	29	2,537	1,755	782
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	83	6,720	4,017	2,703
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	5	721	308	413
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	6	277	159	118
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	2	211	204	7
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	27	2,326	1,551	775
CLASS III: Church of England	69	5,242	3,077	2,165
CLASS III: Independents	2	137	91	46
CLASS III: Baptists	1	44	25	19
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	1	120	72	48
CLASS III: Undenominational	10	1,177	752	425
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	60	60	0
CLASS IV: Industrial Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	4	661	248	413
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	256	25,749	11,999	13,750
Church of England	121	11,801	5,760	6,041
Independents	15	1,547	713	834
Baptists	36	3,641	1,704	1,937
Moravians	3	255	98	157
Wesleyan Methodists	73	6,755	3,040	3,715
Undefined Protestant Congregations	8	1,750	684	1,066

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