Complex sentence: This was in the south-east of the city in what was a rural setting, which was surrounded by hawthorn hedges and was well drained, on land known as Gate Fulford, which was reversed to be known as Fulfordgate.
Split into simpler sentences: This was in the south-east of the city in what was a rural setting, which was surrounded by hawthorn hedges and was well drained. The land was known as Gate Fulford, which was reversed to become known as Fulfordgate.