Complex sentence: During the re-hanging a bell that had been added to the peal in 1988 was removed for sale; this bell, the fifth at the time, had come from the St Thomas church at nearby Bassingthorpe.
Split into simpler sentences: During the re-hanging a bell that had been added to the peal in 1988 was removed for sale. This bell, the fifth at the time, had come from the St Thomas church at nearby Bassingthorpe.