Vision of Ireland | 1851 Census: Religion and Education

1851 Census of Great Britain, Religious Worship and Education. Scotland. Report and Tables, Table O : " Number of Day and Sabbath Schools and Scholars in each County".

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DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Number of Scholars
		Belonging to the Schools			Attending on the day of the Census
		Total. [2]	Males. [3]	Females. [4]	Total. [5]	Males. [6]	Females. [7]
DAY SCHOOLS	101	5,528	3,187	2,341	4,678	2,692	1,986
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	59	4,076	2,507	1,569	3,406	2,085	1,321
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	42	1,452	680	772	1,272	607	665
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	21	1,539	968	571	1,296	819	477
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	6	331	219	112	263	183	80
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	27	1,829	1,015	814	1,528	830	698
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	5	377	305	72	319	253	66
CLASS I: Burgh Schools	5	294	169	125	253	145	108
CLASS I: Parochial Schools	16	1,245	799	446	1,043	674	369
CLASS II: Endowed Schools	6	331	219	112	263	183	80
CLASS III: Established Church	16	953	489	464	817	410	407
CLASS III: Free Church	9	758	493	265	612	392	220
CLASS III: Episcopal Church	2	118	33	85	99	28	71
CLASS IV: Industrial School	1	20	20	0	20	20	0
CLASS IV: Gaelic Society's Schools	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	4	357	285	72	299	233	66
SABBATH SCHOOLS	51	3,402	1,542	1,860	2,601	1,153	1,448
Established Church	14	902	392	510	682	280	402
Reformed Presbyterian Church	2	160	62	98	126	49	77
United Presbyterian Church	14	940	457	483	689	315	374
Free Church	12	1,028	489	539	808	387	421
Episcopal Church	2	56	14	42	43	14	29
Independents or Congregationalists	1	30	6	24	28	6	22
Isolated Congregations	5	226	97	129	165	77	88
Roman Catholics	1	60	25	35	60	25	35

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Comments:

1	The Scottish national totals presented here are totals computed from the county data.

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

By the term 'School' is here meant a distinct Establishment. Thus a School for Boys and Girls, if under one general management and conducted in one range of Buildings, is regarded as only one School, although the tuition may be carried out in separate compartments of the Building under separate superintendence.

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