Complex sentence: The urbanisation and development of Giffnock began in the mid to late nineteenth century with the construction of several sandstone quarries and this prompted the development of the first railway link with nearby Glasgow.
Split into simpler sentences: The urbanisation and development of Giffnock began in the mid to late nineteenth century with the construction of several sandstone quarries. Large-scale quarrying took place in Giffnock for over a century and prompted the development of the first rail links with nearby Glasgow.