Complex sentence: The college sometimes leased small plots of land to the village as an act of charity, leading to the construction of houses near the bridge, scholars at the college also used to collect'salt' (money) from the inns of Eton high street.
Split into simpler sentences: The college sometimes leased small plots of land to the village as an act of charity, leading to the construction of houses near the bridge. Scholars at the college also used to collect'salt' (money) from the inns of Eton High Street.