Estimates of the population in church connection in 1891, and of church growth and decline between 1879 and 1891 (Presbyterian Churches) and between 1885 and 1891 (other Protestant Churches and Roman Catholic Church) (2547)

Type of Data: Estimates of the population in church connection in 1891, and of church growth and decline between 1879 and 1891 (Presbyterian Churches) and between 1885 and 1891 (other Protestant Churches and Roman Catholic Church) (2547)

Faith Community: Christianity

Date: 1891

Geography: Scotland

Population: Whole population

Keywords: Baptism, church attendance, churchgoing, church growth, churchless, church membership, congregations, ministerial stipends, places of worship, Scotland, Sunday scholars, Sunday school

Collection Method: Aggregation of statistics from denominational sources, Parliamentary returns, Church and University Almanac and local counts of church attendance (in 1876, 1878, 1881 and 1891) with estimates for missing values

Collection Agency: Robert Howie

Published Source:

Robert Howie, The Churches and the Churchless in Scotland: Facts and Figures, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1893

BRIN ID: 2547

Remarks:

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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