THE names of people who still have unclaimed estates after they have died in the Bradford district can be revealed.

There are 98 people who have died in the district who' family have not come forward to claim their estate.

Using the government's official Bona Vacantia List (Latin for vacant or unclaimed goods list), the division publishes a list of unclaimed estates which have been recently referred, but not yet administered, and historic cases which have been administered but not yet been claimed within the time limits for doing so.

The official figures from the Government show the unclaimed homes per location in which properties and valuables were forgotten after the owner died.

An estate is classed as unclaimed when a person without a will or any known relatives passes away- their property, money and personal possessions are then passed onto the crown.

Here is the list of unclaimed estates held by the Treasury Solicitor, which was last updated on February 1, 2022. There are 6,982 unclaimed estates in England, according to the list.

It features the people who died in the Bradford district, some of whom were born elsewhere. Their surnames are followed by where they died, most of them in the Bradford district, followed by where they were born, their marital status, for instance widow, where they were born and any names they were known by.

The names of unclaimed estates in the Bradford district are:

  • Armitage, Ilkley, widower, Yorkshire, The deceased was married on 30 November 1968 and widowed on 7 January 2009. His wife's name was Margaret (maiden name unknown) who was born on 29 October 1919.
  • Barker, Bradford; spinster, Wakefield; The Division holds the birth certificate of the deceased which shows her mother's name as Wendy Barker no father recorded,
  • Bedell; Bradford.
  • Bekulard; Bradford; widow; Ryszard Bekulard; Poland.
  • Bennett; Shipley; Bradford Council.
  • Bryant; Bradford; Mother Mrs Davies now deceased.
  • Buterlewicz; Bradford; widow; Maria Buterlewicz.
  • Campbell; Bradford; Zimbabwe.
  • Church; Bradford.
  • Clay; Skipton, Todmorden.
  • Cleminson; Bradford.
  • Cooper; Bradford.
  • Cordingley; Shipley; Bradford; widower; born in Bradford.
  • Crompton; Bradford; bachelor; London; Bradford Council.
  • Crossley; Bradford; bachelor; Prudential.
  • Czorneha; Bradford; unknown.
  • Das; Bradford; unknown; India.
  • Derham; Ilkley; spinster.
  • Dickson; Bradford; unknown.
  • Durda; Bradford; widow, died in Poland.
  • Field; Bradford.
  • Firth; Bradford; bachelor.
  • Fortuna, Steeton; died in Poland.
  • Gilbert; Bradford; spinster; Gillian Gilbert otherwise Lilian Jane Gilbert.
  • Gill, born and died in Bradford.
  • Grant; bachelor; died in Bradford and born in Jamaica; alias: Reginald Augustus Grant.
  • Hamilton; died in Bradford, born in Jamaica.
  • Hanik; Bradford; bachelor, born in Hungry.
  • Hardy, bachelor; Bradford; otherwise known as Philip Hardy.
  • Harrison; Bradford; Wembley, Brent.
  • Hododryga; Bradford.
  • Hodowaniuk; Bradford.
  • Hoolahan; Bradford.
  • Horner; Bingley.
  • Horvath; Shipley, born in Hungry.
  • Howarth; Steeton, born in Colne, Lancs.
  • Ichu, died in Bradford; maiden name: Bibi; spouse: Ismail Mohammed Ichu; born in India.
  • Jackson; spinster; born and died in Bradford.
  • Jekki; died in Bradford.
  • Johnson; Bradford; spinster; bown in Dewsbury.
  • Keenan; Bradford.
  • Khan; Bradford, born in Pakistan.
  • Kinnear; Bradford.
  • Kish; Bradford; bachelor; Hungry.
  • Kiss; Bingley, born in Poland; alias: Joels Kiss.
  • Knight; Shipley; bachelor.
  • Leach; Bradford; bachelor; Bradford.
  • Long; Bradford; bachelor; alias: John Long.
  • Lynch; Keighley; spinster; Eire.
  • Maltanski; Bradford.
  • Marshall; died in Bradford, born in Newcastle.
  • Martin; Bradford.
  • Masztalerz; Bradford; born in Brzezany Poland.
  • McCarten; Bradford.
  • McDonagh; Bradford.
  • McNamara; Bradford; widow; spouse: Donald McNamara; born in East Sussex.
  • McReynolds; Shipley; born in Bradford.
  • Mortimer; Keighley
  • Mraczynska; Bradford.
  • Naughton; Bradford.
  • Ogden; Shipley, born in Scarborough.
  • Oldridge; Keighley.
  • O'Leary; Bradford.
  • Oles; Bradford; spinster; born in Poland.
  • Padavan; died in Venezia, Italy, born in Bradford.
  • Papp; Bradford; born in Hungry.
  • Pennington; born and died in Bradford.
  • Piercey; Bingley.
  • Radzevicius; died in Bradford; born in Lithuania, alias: Edward Radzevicius.
  • Reddihough; Keighley.
  • Rowbottom; Bradford; widow; alias: Margaret T Rowbottom.
  • Sadler, died in Bingley, born in Shipley.
  • Scott-Smart; died in Bradford; spinster; born in Portsmouth; known as Rosa Smart.
  • Sedgewick, Bradford; bachelor.
  • Shah, died in Bradford, born in Pakistan.
  • Singh; Bradford, bachelor; born in India.
  • Smith; Bradford.
  • Smith; Bradford.
  • Smith; died in Bradford, born in Leeds.
  • Smith; Bradford.
  • Smithers; Keighley, bachelor.
  • Speight; Bradford; widow; Annie Marie Speight otherwise Mary Speight.
  • Storey, born and died in Bradford, spinster.
  • Subhan, died in Bradford, born in Bangladesh.
  • Sutherland; Bradford.
  • Taylor; Bradford.
  • Timmins; died in Bradford, born in Shrewsbury.
  • Titterington; Bradford.
  • Toth; died in Bradford, widower, born in Hungry, known as Laszlo Otto Toth.
  • Trbojevic; died in Bradford, born in Yugoslavia.
  • Walsh, died in Bradford, born in Irish Republic.
  • Walsh; Bradford.
  • Watkins, born and died in Bradford.
  • Whitfield; died in Bradford, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica; bachelor.
  • Wilson; Bradford.
  • Zawadzki; died in Bradford, born in Poland.
  • Zielonka; died in Bradford, born in Poland, bachelor.
  • Zieminska, died in Shipley, spinster, born in Poland, otherwise known as Wieslawa Zieminska.