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In 1829 a group of artisans from the Royal Dockyard founded the United Mathematical and Commercial School. It became more commonly known as the New Schools. Its premises were in the lane at the rear of St John Street, in the shadow of the Devonport Column. Above it, in Ker Street, was the Mount Zion Chapel. In the 1860s the premises were being used by the Devonport Commercial and Mathematical School, which may have been the same body. When the School closed the congregation of the Mount Zion Chapel took over the building. It was later used for the Devonport British Schools.
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