Could you be heir to one of these Cheshire unclaimed estates

From property and money to even unclaimed personal possessions, you could be entitled to a share of a deceased relative's property.

That's because when someone dies with no will or known family, their property and assets - unclaimed estates - is passed over to the Crown as owner-less property.

A list is then published by the Government and routinely updated to help people who are entitled to come forward and make their claim.

So we've looked through latest records, which are publicly available, to bring you the most up to date list in our region:

Name         Date of Death      Place of Death    Date of Birth      Place of Birth

Bryan Annison 14/08/2006          Poynton              03/01/1931     Ashton under Lyne

Pauline Atha    19/03/2014        Macclesfield          07/02/1947     Leeds, West Yorks

Edward George Barnes 30/04/1998 Northwich        20/10/1912            Crewe

Kenneth Barnes 01/12/1999      Macclesfield          09/11/1924         Manchester

Peter Best          09/07/2013      Middlewich           16/09/1934           Berkshire

Sylvester Bravo  21/09/2010        Crewe                18/01/1920           Jamaica

Margaret Browning 16/09/1996   Davenham             unknown             unknown

Erich Buchwald   29/07/2004       Wilmslow            16/09/1923        Czechsolovakia

Michael Carey     17/08/2006        Crewe               20/02/1931            unknown

Ada Davies         29/05/1997        Crewe               05/10/1913            Halifax

Graham Davis     18/10/2014       Nantwich            01/06/1945          Cheshire

Alfred Carl Dietrich 01/05/1995    Vale Royal           06/09/1908         Germany

Mildred Evelyn Ford Dodd 01/05/2003 Chester        23/06/1916          Chester

Ann Catherine Mary Driver 17/06/2014 Chester      17/09/1946           Chester

Dorothy Mary Hanly 29/07/2013    Crewe               26/02/1953          Congleton

Marian Frances Holliday 01/11/2014 Pembrokeshire 25/12/1941       Alderley Edge

Brian Houghton   16/03/2009       Middlewich            02/10/1930          England

Maria Koltuckji    16/06/1999       Knutsford              30/04/1908         unknown

Winifred Luckman 13/09/2000      Winsford              16/02/1911          Liverpool

Sylvia Kathleen McLeod 13/12/2000 Knutsford          13/08/1925          Essex

Violet Wrench     10/09/2004         Winsford             10/04/1913        Wybunbury

Mary Vickers       05/03/2016       Northwich             14/11/1929        unknown

Claims will be accepted within, generally, 12 years from the date the administration of the estate was completed and interest will be paid on the money held.

Who is entitled to claim an estate?

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

- husband, wife or civil partner

- children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on

- mother or father

- brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)

- 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

- grandparents

- uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)

- 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.

To see the full list covering the whole of the United Kingdom and/or to make a claim to an estate visit the government website HERE.