Complex sentence: He was Curate in Charge of Thurstonland under Rev. Richard Collins (1794--1882), vicar of Kirkburton, from 1861 to 1865, using the old dissenters' chapel room before the Church of St Thomas was built in 1870.
Split into simpler sentences: He was curate in charge of Thurstonland under Rev. Richard Collins (1794--1882), vicar of Kirkburton, from 1861 to 1865. The church used the old dissenters' chapel room before the Church of St Thomas was built in 1870.