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 Cheshire RegC	Northwich RegD/PLU

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	86	4,866	2,598	2,268
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	36	3,657	1,968	1,689
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	50	1,209	630	579
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	63	39	24
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	6	272	182	90
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	28	3,302	1,740	1,562
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1	20	7	13
CLASS I: Military School	0	0	0	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	63	39	24
CLASS I: Prison Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	3	81	81	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	3	191	101	90
CLASS III: Church of England - National	12	1,865	939	926
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	10	965	521	444
CLASS III: Independents - British	1	130	80	50
CLASS III: Independents - Others	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	4	272	160	112
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Calvinistic Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Dissenters - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	1	70	40	30
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	20	7	13
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	46	4,473	2,365	2,108
Church of England	17	1,696	840	856
Presbyterian Church in England	0	0	0	0
Independents	4	603	321	282
Baptists	1	15	10	5
Unitarians	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	7	670	355	315
Methodist New Connexion	0	0	0	0
Primitive Methodists	5	310	177	133
Wesleyan Association	11	1,133	640	493
Calvinistic Methodists	1	46	22	24
Welsh Calvinistic Methodists	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0

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