Complex sentence: The historic settlement centred on the area near the church and around the grounds of Brixworth Hall which had been built in the Tudor period by the Saunders family who were part owners of the manor of Brixworth from 1532.
Split into simpler sentences: The historic settlement centred on the area near the church and around the grounds of Brixworth Hall. This had been built in the Tudor period by the Saunders family who were part owners of the manor of Brixworth from 1532.