sentences:  At a relatively high position above Leeds, it has been a military rallying point, and Rampart Road is named after the ramparts which were once there.During the English Civil War, in 1642, Parliamentary forces led by Thomas Fairfax massed on Woodhouse Moor before taking Leeds from the royalists.The plague broke out in Leeds, in 1644, where it raged for a year and 20% of its population died.