Original sentence: Millom - up to twenty years ago - held a market charter from 1251 granted by King Henry III of England to John de Huddleston, Lord of Millom.Throughout it's history, the town has struggled with socio-economic problems, especially after the Industrial Revolution, thus being infamously called by the Mayor of Copeland, 'a place of despair'
Edited sentence: Millom – up to twenty years ago – held a market charter from 1251 granted by King Henry III of England to John de Huddleston, Lord of Millom.Throughout its history, the town has struggled with socio-economic problems, especially after the Industrial Revolution, thus being infamously called by the Mayor of Copeland, 'a place of despair'