Complex sentence: Edith Dorrien-Smith laid the foundation stone of the Anglican church of St. Nicholas on 12 September 1877, and the church was opened for worship on 17 June 1879 by Edward White Benson the first Bishop of Truro and was consecrated on 16 July 1882.
Split into simpler sentences: Edith Dorrien-Smith laid the foundation stone of the Anglican church of St Nicholas on 12 September 1877. The church was opened for worship on 17 June 1879 by Edward White Benson, the first Bishop of Truro, and was consecrated a few weeks later on 16 July 1882.