Complex sentence: Ratcliffe in earlier times was also known as "sailor town" located on the edge of Narrow Street on the Wapping waterfront it was made up of lodging houses, bars, brothels, music halls and opium dens.
Split into simpler sentences: Ratcliffe in earlier times was also known as "sailor town". Located on the edge of Narrow Street on the Wapping waterfront it was made up of lodging houses, bars, brothels, music halls and opium dens.