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Henry Le Mesurier prospered through privateering, and moved the harbour from Longis to Braye, building a jetty there in 1736.

Warehouses and dwellings were built at Braye, and the export of cattle generated wealth for the economy.

The Court House was built in 1770 and a school in 1790.

A Methodist chapel was constructed in 1790, following John Wesley's visit in 1787.

A telegraph tower was constructed above La Foulère in 1811, enabling signals to be relayed visually to Le Mât in Sark and on to Guernsey-early warning of attack during the Napoleonic Wars was of strategic importance.

With the end of those wars privateering was ended and smuggling suppressed, leading to economic difficulties.