There are more than 100 unclaimed estates in London according to a Government list which could be passed to the Crown forever if nobody comes forward to claim them.
We have already reported that there are 83 unclaimed estates in Croydon, and in addition to those, there are 113 estates where the owner died while living at an address in London.
Croydon is listed separately to London.
The 133 estates in London were held under 107 different surnames, as six surnames appear on the list twice.
It’s a little-known secret that the details of thousands of unclaimed estates are available online – and you could make a claim to one of them if you’ve got the right surname and can prove you are related to the last owner.
The details are on a spreadsheet that can be accessed by anyone.
The Government is currently taking care of the estates because the deceased passed away without making a will or with no next of kin.
Several of the estates have been listed by the Government for decades, and will revert to the Crown permanently if they remain unidentified.
According to Finders International – a specialist probate genealogist team – family members and heirs have just 12 years to claim an estate once it has been reported unclaimed to the Crown.
Any individual can check the Central Probate Registry to see if any next of kin are on the unclaimed list.
If you think that you might be the rightful heir to one of the estates listed you can find out how to make a claim for that estate here.
It’s a little-known secret that the details of thousands of unclaimed estates are available online – and you could make a claim to one of them if you’ve got the right surname and can prove you are related to the last owner.
The details are on a spreadsheet that can be accessed by anyone.
The Government is currently taking care of the estates because the deceased passed away without making a will or with no next of kin.
Several of the estates have been listed by the Government for decades, and will revert to the Crown permanently if they remain unidentified.
According to Finders International – a specialist probate genealogist team – family members and heirs have just 12 years to claim an estate once it has been reported unclaimed to the Crown.
Any individual can check the Central Probate Registry to see if any next of kin are on the unclaimed list.
If you think that you might be the rightful heir to one of the estates listed you can find out how to make a claim for that estate here.
The list has seen a sharp increase in numbers over the past few years because Government cuts mean there is no search for a will before an unclaimed estate is added to the list.
The London names on the list are:
Anderson
Arnold
Ball
Bankole
Banks
Baxter
Belkowski
Binns
Bonner
Brazil
Brennan
Breze
Brown
Bucks
Burns
Bustar
Campbell
Cairnes
Carty
Clarke
Chapman
Cleland
Connell
Connor
Coward
Czagany
Daruvala
De Frescheville
Diamond
Fekete
Fenton
Fitzgerald
Fleming
Gelbfisz
Gibson
Giles
Grant
Gribbin-Walsh
Godden
Godoy-Ryans
Gorman
Gulliford
Hague
Hanif
Harford
Hasenburg
Heffernan
Hetherington
Hill
Hinde
Hoare
Hodge
Holloway
Holowoko
Ingram
Jayachaundran
Jennings
Jones
Kennedy
Lawrence
Leidenfrost
Lewin
Maguire
Maire
Martin
Maton
McDonald
McGrane
McGregor
Meara
Moore
Moss
Naik
Newlands
Newton
Neylan
Nicholas
Nichols
Nicholson
Nickeols
North
O’Connell
O’Dowd
O’Leary
Perovoenik
Picton
Pierre-Louie
Quarry
Rait
Ralph
Reck
Renard
Reynolds
Reza
Rigby
Rose
Roses
Ross
Ruane
Rychna
Sadler
Sammas
Samuels
Senczuk
Shepherd
Smith
Stevens
Stoddard
Stretch
Szydlo
Tabb
Taylor
Thompson
Tindall
Townsend
Weksner
Whatnought
This article has been first published in Croydon Advertiser