Note 363 — Chapter XVIII · Guernsey Songs and Ballads.

The Court House used to be situated in the Plaiderie before the present Court House was built.

“About two centuries ago, public justice was administered in a building, which, like those still used in many country towns in England, was both Corn Market and Court House, which by a special ordinance was to be cleared by noon that the Market might commence; and after that a Court House was erected near Pollet Street, near a place called from the circumstance “La Plaiderie.” This, however, was soon found too small and inconvenient, and the present building was erected in 1799, at the expense of about £7000, paid by the States, and further improved in 1822.”—Redstone’s Guernsey and Jersey Guide, 2nd Edition 1844, p. 13.