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	1,396	54,416	28,496	25,920
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	486	36,902	19,874	17,028
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	910	17,514	8,622	8,892
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	18	1,674	1,005	669
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	56	2,850	1,769	1,081
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	376	30,267	15,848	14,419
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	36	2,111	1,252	859
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	16	1,455	801	654
CLASS I: Prison Schools	2	219	204	15
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	7	311	311	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	49	2,539	1,458	1,081
CLASS III: Church of England	327	26,158	13,648	12,510
CLASS III: Independents	11	968	500	468
CLASS III: Baptists	6	276	123	153
CLASS III: Unitarians	2	103	4	99
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	12	815	514	301
CLASS III: Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	2	85	22	63
CLASS III: Brethren	1	62	26	36
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	2	448	307	141
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	2	100	50	50
CLASS III: Undenominational	11	1,252	654	598
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	2	152	88	64
CLASS IV: Orphan Schools	1	26	0	26
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb Schools	1	47	15	32
CLASS IV: Schools for Idiots	1	18	16	2
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	31	1,868	1,133	735
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	734	59,167	28,434	30,733
Church of England	426	33,349	16,075	17,274
Independents	74	7,408	3,521	3,887
Baptists	59	4,542	2,111	2,431
Society of Friends	1	61	30	31
Unitarians	5	391	197	194
Moravians	2	205	101	104
Wesleyan Methodists	154	11,188	5,479	5,709
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	4	1,375	625	750
Brethren	2	47	18	29
Undefined Protestant Congregations	7	601	277	324

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