Thomas Denny's School, Mere
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Around 1830 Thomas Denny was invited by the industrialist Charles Jupe to use the kitchen of his house as a school for the children of non-conformists. The kitchen proved too small for the number of children and the school moved into the coach house and continued there until the British School opened in 1840. Thomas Denny and his 26 pupils then transferred to the British School.