Complex sentence: A jam factory was built by the 9th Earl of Coventry, near to Pershore railway station, in about 1880, to provide a market for Vale of Evesham fruit growers in times of surplus.
Split into simpler sentences: A jam factory was built by the 9th Earl of Coventry, near to Pershore railway station, in about 1880. The purpose being to provide a market for Vale of Evesham fruit growers, in times of surplus.