Complex sentence: For some years he practised as a solicitor at Winchester, and during the latter part of his residence there he was engaged in the compilation of indexes to the ecclesiastical registers, etc. of that city and of Salisbury.
Split into simpler sentences: For some years he practised as a solicitor at Winchester. During the latter part of his time at Winchester he was engaged in the compilation of indexes to the ecclesiastical registers, etc. of the city and of Salisbury.