Complex sentence: As his father intended he should become a civil engineer, he was sent to Liverpool in 1840 for study; he soon became organist of the baptist chapel in Pembroke Road, which contained an organ with C C pedal-keyboard, then very rare in England.
Split into simpler sentences: As his father intended he should become a civil engineer, he was sent to Liverpool in 1840 for study. He soon became organist of the baptist chapel in Pembroke Road, which contained an organ with C C pedal-keyboard, then very rare in England.