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ages of ten and thirteen, nearly one-third did not go to
any day school ; that between the ages of twelve and
fourteen, upwards of one-ninth part could not read ; and
that of the children who did not go to day schools, twofifths
went to Sunday schools.
In the abstract of Education Inquiry, for England and
Wales, vol. 3, ordered by the House of Commons to be
printed, on the 20th March, 1835, the following was
declared to be the state of education in the city and ainsty
of York:—
SCHOOL8.
-%
endowment.
i By
subscription.
By payment
from scholars.
Subscription
and payment
from scholars.
School*. Scholars. Schools. Scholars. Schools. Scholars. Schools. Scholars.
25 680
a 172
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29
185
3371
6 168
76 1886
2
9
4
335
1070
486
30 852 33 3556 82 2054 15 1891
Exhibiting the grand total of children receiving any kind
of education in the city and ainsty, 8,353.
The report of the select committee on the education of
the poorer classes, states the numbers receiving educa
tion in the city of York, in 1836, to be,
Scholars of the working classes, at day and dame schools - 1494
Scholars at better schools - 2697
Attending Sunday schools.in connection with the established church 1708
Attending Sunday schools, in connection with dissenters - 1655
The report of the Manchester statistical society, founded
on an inquiry made in the autumn of 1836, says that
19-97 per cent of the population of this city received in
struction. It states the gross number of scholars at 5591,
and assumed that the population of York, in 1836, was
28,000, on the supposition that there is an annual increase