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Thousands of people may be entitled to an inheritance they never knew existed - and the secret could all be in a surname.
The death of loved ones can devastate families and it is especially sad when someone dies having lost touch with their family altogether. Many people are not aware that there is an official register of unclaimed estates that keeps a track of people who have died without leaving a will.
Many possessions in all corners of the country are never claimed and, when a certain amount of time has passed, they automatically become the ownership of the Crown. The secret of whether a person is entitled to an unclaimed estate could be contained in a surname. If you have one of the surnames on the list you could be entitled to a portion of the estate.
There is a time limit of 30 years set by officials for anyone who wants to make a claim. In a situation where somebody dies with no written will and does not have any known family their estate is passed to the Crown.
Many people are not aware that there is an official register of unclaimed estates that keeps a track of people who have died without leaving a will (Getty Images/Westend61)If an estate is still unclaimed after the 30 year limit, it becomes permanent property of the Crown and the Treasury, reports YorkshireLive. The register of unclaimed estates is held by the Government's Bona Vacantia division - which translates as 'ownerless goods'.
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It was last updated on Wednesday, October 18 and currently hold the details of scores of such deaths of people. Some cases going back decades. If the deceased has left no will, their spouse or children have the first claim on their estate.
In the event of no spouse or children, any person who is directly descended from a grandparent of the deceased has the right to make a claim for a share of the estate. This includes siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
The following names are just a tiny selection of names on the unclaimed estates list. Below are names linked to locations in Yorkshire:
Barnsley
- Dallison
- Dunstan
- Hobson
- Leonowicz
- Millett
- Nteka
- Orr
- Sajko
- Simpson
- Smith
Batley
- Carter
- Mitchell
Beverley
- Walker
Bingley
- Carr
- Piercey
- Sadler
- Kiss
Bradford
- Bekulard
- Buterlewicz
- Campbell
- Cleminson
- Cooper
- Czorneha
- Das
- Dickson
- Durda
- Field
- Firth
- Gilbert
- Grant
- Greenwood
- Hamilton
- Hanik
- Hardy
- Harris
- Harrison
- Hawkes
- Hododryga
- Hoolahan
- Hudson
- Hughes
- Ichu
- Jackson
- Jekki
- Keenan
- Khan
- Kinnear
- Kish
- Leach
- Maltanski
- Marshall
- Martin
- Masztalerz
- McCarten
- McDonagh
- McNamara
- Mraczynska
- Naughton
- Oles
- Papp
- Patchett
- Pieris
- Priestley
- Radzevicius
- Rowbottom
- Scott-Smart
- Shah
- Singh
- Smith
- Smith
- Smith
- Storey
- Subhan
- Taylor
- Titterington
- Toth
- Trbojevic
- Walsh
- Watkins
- Whitfield
- Wilkinson
- Zawadzki
- Zielonka
- Rutkauskas
- Barker
- Bryant
- Plantagenet
- Zadelek
- Smith
Calderdale
- Hirst
Cleckheaton
- Womersley
Cottingham
- Britton
- Wardell
Dewsbury
- Green
- Hermann
- Kitson
- O'Malley
- Robinson
- Rolanski
- Smith
Doncaster
- Askew
- Bisarenka
- Cross
- Dziadecke
- Henderson
- Hughes
- Kerzac
- Krajewksi
- Ksienzyk
- Matecka
- McLoughlin
- Treu
- Whooton
- Marsden
- Jackson
- Robinson
Driffield
Dean
Easingwold
Bean
East Cowick
Marcusson
McCall
Halifax
- Stockton
- Birkby
- Blatnyk
- Fallon
- Gabrys
- Jee
- Kalinski
- Kelly
- Kennedy
- Lumb
- Mahmood
- McDonald
- Paniuta
- Park
- Simons
- Verity
- Wachowska
- Wilkinson
- Tiernan
Harrogate
- Stevenson
- Billows
- Christiansen
- Cord
- Gaythorpe
- Hartley
- Jessop
- O'Connor
- Putt
- Suffield
- Zavril
Hartshead
- Richold
Heckmondwike
Booth
Wood
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
- Holdridge
Hornsea
- Cuttill
Huddersfield
- Broadley
- Graham
- Lockwood
- Kovacs
- Beck
- Clayton
- Danyi
- Gannon
- Garling
- Hill
- King
- Singh
- Singh
- Smith
- Szcerban
- Werenicz
- Whitwam
- Richardson
Hull
- Hallett
- May
- Ward
- Cunningham
- Rogers
- Murray
- Davison
- Featherstone
- Hale-Smith
- Mythwytch
- Springfield
- Wainman
- Warcup
- Wilson
- Hall
- Holliday
- Johnson
- Knowles
- Maudsley
- Harrison
- Mills
- Taylor
- McCarthy
- McGilvey
- Ribir
- Shaw
- Lofthouse
Ilkley
Keighley
- Lukomski
- Lynch
- Mortimer
- Reddihough
- Watson
Kirk Hammerton
- Leadley
Kirklees
- Smith
Knaresborough
- Stoney
Leeds
- Majczak
- Jackson-Ward
- Andrews
- Arnold
- Avalon
- Beaumont
- Belaj
- Birkett
- Browne
- Bryll
- Burnham
- Carter
- Catton
- Clifford
- Cooke
- Crawley
- Czyz
- Davies
- Dingle
- Dolan
- Duggan
- Dzenis
- Ellis
- Ellis
- Fay
- Fiscor
- Fletcher
- Garnett
- Gilmore
- Gilroy
- Goodwin
- Habshaw
- Hammond
- Hart
- Hartley
- Henderson
- Higgins
- Holdsworth
- Hoult
- Howden
- Hudson
- Hurcombe
- Isaacs
- James
- Jones
- Jones
- Jones
- Jones
- Karklinis
- Kmet
- Kutkevicius
- Landy
- Lewis
- Lonsborough
- Love
- Mann
- McBride
- McDermott
- McKean
- McLaren
- Miskiw
- Moore
- Morris
- Mullan
- Mullen
- Murphy
- Murray
- Murray
- O'Brien
- O'Hosi
- O'Shea
- O'Sullivan
- Podola
- Pollitt
- Pylypenko
- Raudsepp
- Rhodes
- Robinson
- Rooney
- Routledge
- Samuel
- Scott
- Sheriden
- Singh
- Smith
- Smith
- Smith
- Sowden
- Stewart
- Stinson
- Svetovio
- Szostak
- Taylor
- Taylor
- Thompson
- Todd
- Voulgaris
- Vukotic
- Walton
- Watson
- Whelan
- Wilcox
- Williams
- Winfield
- Winter
- Wood
- Yusuff
- Zlobicki
- Cooke
- Barker
- Burton
- Davis
- Devlin
- Kruger
- Taylor
Leyburn
- Moody
Mexborough
- Evans
- Richards
Mirfield
- Hussain
- Handley
- O'Loughlin
- Wood
Normanton
- Wilson
- Wright
Ossett
- Eley
Pontefract
- Mills
- Cuthbert
- Hawkes
- Hofmanis
- Howarth
- Levine
- Palgan
- Turner
Rotherham
- Flavell
- Hunter
- Koczy
- Softley
- Southorn
- Turner
- Whitfield
Scarborough
- Bevan
- Catsourides
- Hunt
- James
- Lighting
- Middleton
- Pullan
Selby
- Hinds
- Wilkinson
Sheffield
- Watson
- Bailey
- Ali-Bin-Ali
- Allen
- Box
- Brown
- Casson
- Cooper
- Davies
- Dejneka
- Donaghy
- Donovan
- Fletcher
- Hamer
- Hill
- Hoyle
- Ibbotson
- Jamieson
- Johanes
- Juhasz
- Keatley
- Kolencik
- Little
- Littlewood
- McDermott
- McGinty
- Moore
- Murphy
- Naylor
- Oldale
- Parmar
- Pegg
- Prystasz
- Rollett
- Ronksley
- Shannon
- Staniforth
- Taylor
- Taylor
- Thomas
- Treddinick
- Wainwright
- Walker
- Watson
- Wheatcroft
- White
- Whitehead
- Wilkinson
- Williams
- Wood
- Yates
- Molloy
- Wazir
Shipley
- Cordingley
- Horvath
- Knight
- McReynolds
- Ogden
- Zieminska
Skipton
- Clay
Sowerby Bridge
- Stansfield
Thirsk
- Gibbon
Todmorden
- Butterworth
- Dovanski
Wakefield
- Baker
- Bray
- Calvert
- Center
- Gilmour
- James
- Matthews
- Rimsha
- Smialek
- Woodhead
- Cleator
- Green
- Leigh
Withernsea
- Tully
- Sanderson
York
- Cook
- Egan
- Greenstreet
- Hooker
- Hraj
- Jillings
- Knight
- Matthews
- Normane
- Smith
- Thompson
- Yamazaki
- Ellis
- Husein
- Prokopiw
Full details of each surname can be found on Gov.uk here. And if you believe you have a claim, information on how to proceed can be found here.