sentences:  The Leeds-Otley Turnpike Trust was established in 1755, and improved the road from Leeds to Headingley and thence to Cookridge to join the existing road.There were toll bars in Woodhouse Lane and at Otley, and in 1775 a third toll house was built in Headingley village.In 1836 the trustees commissioned George Hayward to design a new route to bypass the steep slopes of The Chevin.