There are 67 unclaimed estates in Brighton and Hove

There are currently 67 estates in Brighton and Hove which have passed to the Crown as “ownerless property”.

This means hundreds of thousands of pounds of inheritance could be “sitting in limbo” until the rightful heir is found.

The list shows the people in the city who have died with no will and with no known next of kin.

Danny Curran of Finders International (Image: Finders International)

Danny Curran, managing director of Finders International, a genealogy firm, said: “As Christmas strains people’s finances we want to highlight to everyone in Brighton and Hove that more than 67 estates are waiting to be claimed from the government.

“In many of these cases, there are relatives still living in the area who may be entitled to claim the inheritance.”

In general, estates held on the list can be claimed within a 12-year deadline, from the date the estate was taken into possession of the Crown.

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

The Treasury only advertises estates with a net value of £500 or above.

If you know someone has died and you believe you might have been left something, then you can simply search the probate records, or set up an alert for yourself, so that you know who to contact when the estate is dealt with.

The 45 Brighton names:

1. Anderson
2. Baker
3. Barnett
4. Bird
5. Brooke
6. BrownBudd
7. Buettner
8. Bulcraig
9. Burt
10. Clarke
11. Connell
12. Coult
13. Crisp
14. Crosbie-Parish
15. Daly
16. De Cavalho
17. Dean
18. Doyle
19. Errath
20. Evans
21. Fabry-de-Neddy Nahas
22. George
23. Goode
24. Goodwin
25. Harnisch
26. Harrington
27. Hunt
28. Ladyman
29. Lambert
30. Lashmer-Parsons
31. Leahy
32. Marlow
33. McKeown
34. McNamara
35. Mohsenin
36. Myers
37. Nash
38. Rennert
39. Smith
40. Smith-Simpson
41. Sumray
42. Wallis
43. Wardle
44. White
45. Wilson

The 22 Hove names: 

1. Alias
2. Burke
3. Cowling
4. Dalby
5. Davies
6. Garba
7. Gauthier
8. Goddard
9. Hiraeth
10. Homewood
11. Jones
12. Loren
13. Markando
14. Martin
15. McMahon
16. Nese
17. Parker
18. Prince
19. Rider
20. Rogers
21. Romero
22. Wood