Complex sentence: The Abbey was used as a backdrop for the TV series Maid Marian and her Merry Men, and is also the original for'Gracedieu', the Abbey used as a setting for the Abbey Girls series of books by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Split into simpler sentences: The Abbey was used as a backdrop for the TV series Maid Marian and her Merry Men. It is also the original for'Gracedieu', the Abbey used as a setting for the Abbey Girls series of books by Elsie J. Oxenham.