Complex sentence: In times past there were four coaching inns and a turnpike toll gate and it was a busy stopping off point for the changing of horses and coaches, including the mail coach, for travellers and for Walsingham pilgrims.
Split into simpler sentences: In times past there were four coaching inns and a toll gate on a turnpike. It was a busy stopping off point for the changing of horses and coaches, including the mail coach, for travellers including Walsingham pilgrims.