Complex sentence: R. D. Hanson, W. Carrington, R. Park, R. Stokes, and K. Bethune, all well known personalities in the early history of Wellington, and it was after Robert Stokes of this original surverying party that Stokes Valley was named.
Split into simpler sentences: R. D. Hanson, W. Carrington, R. Park, R. Stokes, and K. Bethune, all well known personalities in the early history of Wellington. It was after Robert Stokes of this original surverying party that Stokes Valley was named.