Unclaimed estates: These are 48 inheritances worth thousands waiting for their rightful heir in Sheffield

Nearly 50 estates in Sheffield belonging to people who died without a will are waiting for their long-lost inheritors to come forward.

The Treasury has revealed how almost 6,500 unclaimed estates worth millions of pounds in inheritance are sat in limbo across the UK waiting for their rightful heir.

Unclaimed estates, also known as ‘ownerless property’, occur when there is no will – or the beneficiaries of the will cannot be traced - and the next family member in line cannot be found.

The Star has listed the 48 estates related to Sheffield below, with the deceased’s name, the date of their death and their age when they died.

The Treasury only reveals details of estates worth £500 or above. Official figures from 2021 showed that a total of £77million in unclaimed inheritance was languishing in Treasury coffers. If no relative can be traced within 12 years, the dormant estate becomes the property of the Crown.

Now, the most up to date list of unclaimed estates has been published, showing how dozens of estates remain unclaimed in Sheffield.

The full list of unclaimed estates, as well as the names of the deceased, their date and place of birth, and other clues that could help find their heir, can be read here on the Government website.

1. Dennis John King - died in Sheffield on 20/01/24, aged 61

2. Judith Margaret Perry - died in Middlesex on 14/12/21, aged 74

3. Barry Roy Rollett - died in Sheffield on 13/06/23, aged 81

4. David John Treddinick - died in Sheffield on 13/11/19, aged 79

5. Nargis Bashir White - died in Sheffield on 04/10/20, aged 60

6. Frank Brown - died in Sheffield on 08/12/09, aged 70

7. Arthur Little - died in Sheffield on 13/07/01, aged 77

8. Michael George Naylor - died in Sheffield on 07/05/19, aged 84

9. Dennis Patrick Murphy - died in Sheffield on 12/10/10, aged 78

10. John Henry Littlewood - died in Sheffield on 03/05/06, aged 61

11. Eric Roger Taylor - died in Sheffield on 04/06/06, aged 53

12. Jessica Beatrice Fletcher - died in Sheffield on 11/09/18, aged 75

13. Stefan Kolencik - died in Sheffield on 14/03/16, aged 60

14. Anthony James Ibbotson - died in Sheffield on 18/01/16, aged 60

15. Rohim Box - died in Sheffield on 14/12/14, aged 95

16. Frederick Cooper - died in Sheffield on 13/12/13, aged 76

17. Susan Elizabeth Bailey - died in Sheffield on 13/08/13, aged 70

18. Akinlolu Olaniran Williams - died in Sheffield on 26/07/13, aged 77

19. Paul Martin - died in Sheffield on 05/03/13, aged 55

20. Margaret Nancy Wheatcroft - died in Sheffield on 03/04/13 - aged 74

21. Raj Parmar - died in Sheffield on 11/05/10, aged 73

22. Joseph Neil Taylor - died in Sheffield on 02/03/13, aged 73

23. David John Watson - died in Sheffield on 17/01/13, aged 64

24. Michael Patrick McDermott - died in Sheffield on 21/01/13, aged 59

25. Mohammed Wazir - died in Sheffield on 21/10/04, date of birth unknown

26. Christina Casson - died in Sheffield on 06/01/96, aged 73

27. Mohammed Ali-Bin-Ali - died in Sheffield on 23/04/07, aged 76

28. Joseph Dejneka - died in Sheffield on 27/07/09, aged 90

29. Michael Harry Donovan - died in Sheffield on 17/06/97, aged 76

30. Robertson Alexander Locke - died in Sheffield on 21/10/08, aged 70

31. Kirsty Louise Pegg - died in Sheffield on 12/04/96, date of birth unknown

32. Betty Sheldon Watson - died in Sheffield on 04/02/04, aged 84

33. Alfred Donald Yates - died in Sheffield on 06/12/01, aged 76

34. Francis McGinty - died in Sheffield on 01/04/01, date of birth unknown

35. Alan Allen - died in Sheffield on 06/01/99, aged 60

36. Glyn Barry Davies - died in Sheffield on 03/11/04

37. James Donaghy - died in Sheffield on 17/02/96, date of birth unknown

38. Eric Thomas Hill - died in Sheffield on 01/01/09, aged 72

39. Linda Susan Jamieson - died in Sheffield on 11/10/06, aged 65

40. William Johanes - died in Sheffield on 23/09/08, date of birth unknown

41. Istvan Steven Juhasz - died in Sheffield on 18/01/05, aged 91

42. Sylvia Keatley - died in Sheffield on 09/08/01, aged 54

43. Anton Prystasz - died in Sheffield on 29/07/96, aged 82

44. Audrey Ronksley - died in Sheffield on 03/07/98, aged 64

45. Audrey Waring Wainwright - died in Sheffield on 25/09/06, aged 74

46. Dorothy Walker - died in Sheffield on 05/02/98, date of birth unknown

47. Nellie Wilkinson - died in Sheffield on 30/07/95, aged 67

48. Geoffrey Wood - died in Sheffield on 16/08/00, aged 87