Complex sentence: Historically a part of Lancashire, Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase and streams flowing from the moors were harnessed to provide power for bleachworks and other industry at the start of the Industrial Revolution.
Split into simpler sentences: Historically a part of Lancashire, Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase. Streams flowing from the moors were harnessed to provide power for bleachworks and other industry at the start of the Industrial Revolution.