Complex sentence: Suggestions for a canal on a northerly route, avoiding Darlington and Yarm, were put forward, and following a meeting in the George and Dragon Inn in Yarm the Welsh engineer George Overton was consulted, who advised building a tramroad.
Split into simpler sentences: Suggestions for a canal on a northerly route, avoiding Darlington and Yarm, were put forward. After a meeting in Yarm the Welsh engineer George Overton was consulted, who advised building a tramroad.