Complex sentence: Due to its proximity to the river Esk and its tributaries, flooding has long been a problem for some of the lower lying houses in the village, and marks carved into the side wall of the Methodist chapel show the heights of floods in the past.
Split into simpler sentences: Due to its proximity to the river Esk and its tributaries, flooding has long been a problem for some of the lower lying houses in the village. Marks carved into the side wall of the Methodist chapel show the heights of floods in the past.