Complex sentence: The congregation laid the cornerstone for its first church in April 1846 and saw its consecration by Bishop Whittingham on 11 November 1847 and it was determined that the church should be a "free" church-there were to be no pew rents, ever.
Split into simpler sentences: The congregation laid the cornerstone for its first church in April 1846 and saw its consecration by Bishop Whittingham on 11 November 1847. It was determined that the church should be a "free" church-there were to be no pew rents, ever.