Complex sentence: In Lane Bottom there was'handloom factory' owned by the Smith family of Hill End bur there and in their cottage loomshops, handloom weavers competed for ever decreasing work in the sections of weaving for which the powerloom had not been adapted.
Split into simpler sentences: In Lane Bottom there was'handloom factory' owned by the Smith family of Hill End. Handloom weavers competed for ever decreasing work-in the sections of weaving to which the powerloom had not been adapted.