Complex sentence: Local legend held that a tree on Bull Bridge Lane, one of the oldest parts of the village, was "the Ain tree"; sadly, it had to be cut down in 2004 because the tree had become diseased.
Split into simpler sentences: Local legend held that a tree on Bull Bridge Lane, one of the oldest parts of the village, was "the Ain tree". The tree had to be cut down in 2004 because the tree had become diseased.