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	Essex 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	1,043	43,649	22,447	21,202
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	395	30,796	16,209	14,587
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	648	12,853	6,238	6,615
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	20	1,445	750	695
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	64	3,973	2,559	1,414
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	303	24,589	12,481	12,108
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	8	789	419	370
CLASS I: Military Schools	2	98	52	46
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	17	1,339	690	649
CLASS I: Prison Schools	1	8	8	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	15	481	425	56
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	49	3,492	2,134	1,358
CLASS III: Church of England	231	17,924	8,892	9,032
CLASS III: Independents	30	2,690	1,340	1,350
CLASS III: Baptists	3	176	86	90
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	4	187	138	49
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	1	43	18	25
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	5	320	177	143
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	4	256	143	113
CLASS III: Undenominational	25	2,993	1,687	1,306
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	70	40	30
CLASS IV: Orphan Schools	1	349	196	153
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	6	370	183	187
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	439	36,403	17,453	18,950
Church of England	284	21,712	10,641	11,071
Independents	85	8,928	4,113	4,815
Baptists	29	2,335	1,123	1,212
Society of Friends	2	71	36	35
Wesleyan Methodists	32	2,773	1,245	1,528
New Church	1	78	40	38
Undefined Protestant Congregations	6	506	255	251

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