Peterborough residents could be entitled to a fortune through these unclaimed estates.

Government records updated this month have revealed there are 20 in the local area. 

When someone dies without leaving a will, their assets are left unclaimed, but the government monitors these estates in the hope that the lawful heirs will claim them.

You could be eligible to inherit an estate by checking if you share a last name with the deceased, with relatives having 12 years to apply to claim in the interest of money or 30 years without interest, from the day of death.

If no claim is made, the money could make its way into the government’s accounts.

Here are the current unclaimed estates in Peterborough, with names and their date and place of death:

  1. Robert McDonald - 05/04/1999 - Peterborough
  2. James Mullins - 31/05/2008 - Peterborough 
  3. Ian James Forbes - 17/04/2020 - Peterborough 
  4. Anthony Harry Secker - 21/10/2012 - Peterborough - place of birth: Huntingdon
  5. Lakhnir Singh Perhar - 26/06/2001 - Peterborough 
  6. John Andrew Hall - 30/10/2023 - Peterborough 
  7. Violet Robinson - 12/09/1997 - Peterborough 
  8. Joseph Gallagher - 05/04/1999 - Peterborough 
  9. Arthur Quincey - 08/03/2023 - Peterborough 
  10. John Kernohan - 13/03/2018 - Peterborough 
  11. Beatrice Bird - 24/04/2007 - Peterborough
  12. Peter Borman - 08/07/2017 - Peterborough 
  13. Paul Hagan-Chambers - 09/12/2022 - Peterborough 
  14. Pauline Crockford - 06/06/1997 - Peterborough 
  15. Fritz Lalko - 20/01/1996 - Peterborough 
  16. Maria Theresa Smith - 02/01/2015 - Peterborough 
  17. Martha Upchurch - 17/09/2006 - Peterborough 
  18. Rosa Walichnowski - 08/07/2013 - Peterborough 
  19. Eileen Wilson - 15/08/1999 - Peterborough
  20. Frank Ellis Cartwright - 07/09/1995 - Peterborough