Complex sentence: The parish consisted of a handful of villages and approximately 1700 inhabitants, among whom were farmers, whinstone quarrymen, herring and haddock fishermen, women workers in fish curing yards, and railwaymen; there were also two noblemen at Fallodon Hall and Howick Hall nearby.
Split into simpler sentences: The parish consisted of a handful of villages and approximately 1700 inhabitants, among whom were farmers, whinstone quarrymen, herring and haddock fishermen, women workers in fish curing yards, and railwaymen. There were also two noblemen at Fallodon Hall and Howick Hall nearby.