Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): 1700 to 1900 by the early seventeenth century small scale brick and tile manufacture was flourishing and during this time parcels of common land were allocated for house building and small businesses.
Output (English): 1700 - 1900 : by the early seventeenth century , small scale brick and tile manufacturing was flourishing and pieces of common land were allocated for house building and small businesses.