Home town of the Smith families, including Sarah Pickles/Pighills, who gave birth to daughter Jane here.
In 1821, CROSSFLATTS, is a hamlet in the township and parish of Bingley; 1 mile NW. of Bingley, 7 from Bradford."
Crossflatts is in Micklethwaite, just North of Bingley. On the 1861 census, Houses in Crossflatts and Lime Kiln appeared on the same page, confirming the close proximity. Crossflatts still exists as a village today, but was probably a hamlet of just a few houses in 1841-51..
