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