Vision of Ireland | 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	Surrey 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	617	27,817	14,717	13,100
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	230	20,083	10,612	9,471
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	387	7,734	4,105	3,629
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	12	1,970	1,160	810
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	24	1,695	1,185	510
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	186	15,853	7,935	7,918
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	8	565	332	233
CLASS I: Military Schools	1	78	78	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	10	1,862	1,052	810
CLASS I: Prison Schools	1	30	30	0
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	5	261	261	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	19	1,434	924	510
CLASS III: Church of England	170	14,435	7,205	7,230
CLASS III: Independents	1	60	36	24
CLASS III: Baptists	2	167	100	67
CLASS III: Society of Friends	1	39	36	3
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	1	48	41	7
CLASS III: Bible Christians	1	64	26	38
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	1	77	54	23
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	2	98	46	52
CLASS III: Undenominational	7	865	391	474
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	120	79	41
CLASS IV: Orphan Schools	1	33	1	32
CLASS IV: Industrial Schools	1	126	56	70
CLASS IV: Philanthropic Society's Farm School	1	96	96	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	4	190	100	90
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	190	15,155	6,947	8,208
Church of England	129	10,746	4,930	5,816
Independents	26	2,215	987	1,228
Baptists	8	634	284	350
Wesleyan Methodists	22	1,307	600	707
Undefined Protestant Congregations	5	253	146	107

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