List of 83 unclaimed estates in Leeds that you could inherit if you have these surnames - how to claim

If you have one of these surnames you could be in the money as the Treasury has released its list of unclaimed estates in Leeds. An unclaimed estate is when someone passes away without having an effective will in place, and no family comes  forward to claim their estate.

When this happens, the deceased’s property will become ‘ownerless property’ and will be in possession of the Crown. However, within a 12-year period from when the Crown possesses the estate, family members can come forward if they believe they are entitled to a share of the deceased’s relative’s property.

For unclaimed estates before 1997, the Treasury will allow claims up to 30 years from the date of the person’s death, subject to no interest being paid on the money that is held - if the claim is received after the 12-year period has ended.

Who is entitled to an unclaimed estate?

If someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will the following relatives are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:

1.Husband, wife or civil partner

2. children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on

3. Mother or father

4. Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)

5. Half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children). ‘Half ’ means they share only one parent with the deceased

6. Grandparents

7. Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)

8. Half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children). ‘Half’ means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both

If you are, for example, a first cousin of the deceased, you would only be entitled to share in the estate if there are no relatives above you in the order of entitlement, for example, a niece or nephew.

Surnames of the unclaimed properties in Leeds

1.  Arnold
2. Atha
3. Avalon
4. Browne
5. Bryll
6. Burnham
7. Burton
8. Butler
9. Dudley
10. Carter
11. Catton
12. Channell
13. Chapman
14. Clifford
15. Cooke
16. Cooper
17. Crawley
18. Curtis
19. Czepello
20. Czyz
21. Davies
22. Davis
23. Devlin
24. Dickinson
25. Garnett
26. Gilles
27. Gilmore
28. Gilroy
29. Goodwin
30. Grange
31. Habshaw
32. Hamill
33. Ingledew
34. Isaacs
35. Jackson
36. Jackson-Ward
37. Woodson
38. James
39. Jones
40. Lofthouse
41. Lonsborough
42. Love
43. Mackie
44. Maczak
45. Mann
46. McBride
47. McDermott
48. McKean
49. McKeown
50. McLaren
51. Misciw
52. Moore
53. Morris
54. Mullan
55. Mullen
56. Murphy
57. Murray
58. O’Brien
59. O’Hosi
60. O’Shea
61. O’Sullivan
62. Podola
63. Pollitt
64. Pylypenko
65. Quinn
66. Raudsepp
67. Rhodes
68. Rooney
69. Routledge
70. Samuel
71. Scott
72. Sheriden
73. Singh
74. Smith
75. Voulgaris
76. Vukotic
77. Wilcox
78. Williams
79. Wilson
80. Winfield
81. Winter
82. Wood
83. Wright

Anyone who believes they might be entitled to a share of an unclaimed estate should contact The Treasury on the government website.