Census of weekday and Sunday schools, with the number of scholars by gender and age, and of teachers by gender and remuneration, together with details of income and expenditure (2543)

Type of Data: Census of weekday and Sunday schools, with the number of scholars by gender and age, and of teachers by gender and remuneration, together with details of income and expenditure (2543)

Faith Community: Christianity

Date: 1858

Geography: England and Wales

Population: Weekday and Sunday schools connected with religious bodies

Keywords: Religious education, Sunday school, weekday schools

Collection Method: Circulars to religious bodies with an interest in education and, through them, to individual schools

Collection Agency: Commission on the State of Popular Education in England (Newcastle Commission)

Sponsor: House of Commons

Survey Instrument: Education Commission: Report, Vol. 1, pp. 533-72

Published Source:

Education Commission: Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the State of Popular Education in England, 6 vol., London: printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861 [Command 2794] (Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons, Session 1861, Vol. 21, Parts 1-6)

BRIN ID: 2543

Remarks:

More detailed enquiries were also made in 10 specimen districts through a team of assistant commissioners

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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