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 Middlesex RegC	Whitechapel RegD/PLU/PLPar

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	94	9,408	5,113	4,295
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	35	7,612	4,162	3,450
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	59	1,796	951	845
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	1	274	173	101
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	6	1,739	995	744
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	17	3,253	1,799	1,454
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	11	2,346	1,195	1,151
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	1	274	173	101
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	6	1,739	995	744
CLASS III: Church of England - National	5	1,114	709	405
CLASS III: Church of England - Others	2	360	160	200
CLASS III: Church of Scotland	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Presbyterian Church In England	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Independents - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Independents - Others	3	478	236	242
CLASS III: Baptists	2	344	147	197
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Dissenters (not otherwise defined)	1	318	200	118
CLASS III: Lutherans	1	157	107	50
CLASS III: German Missionary Society	1	100	40	60
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	2	382	200	182
CLASS III: Jews	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - British	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Undenominational - London Domestic Mission School	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	8	2,149	1,119	1,030
CLASS IV: Orphan Schools	2	47	16	31
CLASS IV: Birbeck School	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	1	150	60	90
CLASS IV: School of the Christian Society of Silk Weavers	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Seamen's School	0	0	0	0
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	22	5,420	2,594	2,826
Church of England	7	2,029	1,062	967
Church of Scotland	0	0	0	0
Presbyterian Church in England	0	0	0	0
Independents	5	1,294	583	711
Baptists	4	575	235	340
Wesleyan Methodists	2	544	227	317
Methodist New Connexion	0	0	0	0
Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0
Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion	0	0	0	0
Congregations undefined	3	748	377	371
Seamen's Bethel	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	1	230	110	120

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