Complex sentence: A primitive methodist chapel was opened on Loughborough Road, near to The Green, in 1863; this was followed by the opening of a wesleyan methodist chapel almost directly opposite in 1872.
Split into simpler sentences: A primitive methodist chapel was opened on Loughborough Road, near to The Green, in 1863. Ashby News newspaper, February 14 1863 The erection of the primitive chapel was followed by the opening of a wesleyan methodist chapel almost directly opposite in 1872.