MILLIONS of pounds could be waiting to be claimed by the unsuspecting heirs of long lost relatives who were born or died in Shopshire.

The Government's list of unclaimed estates includes the names of people who were born or died in Shropshire but left no will and had no known relatives.

When people die in these circumstances, their property, money and personal possessions are then passed onto the Crown. Relatives, even distant ones, then have 30 years in which to make a claim on the estate.

Here are the unclaimed estates in Shropshire.

They could be worth very little... or they could be worth millions – and you could be the heir.

Vernon Maurice Blaney, bachelor, died in Telford on April 4, 2018. Mr Blaney was born in Hadley, Telford, on October 27, 1929.

Keith Melvyn Bound, bachelor, died in Bishops Castle on December 12, 2012. Mr Bound was born in Brighton on May 12, 1943.

John Breeze, marital status unknown, died in Telford on January 12, 2016. Mr Breeze was born on April 10, 1940.

Nedjo Butilija, marital status unknown, died in Newport on May 19, 2005. Born on February 13, 1925, in Yugoslavia.

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Ronald Desolla-Stanley, widower of Mary Desolla, died in Shropshire on March 15, 2015. Mr Desolla-Stanley was born on October 29, 1922.

Helene Drain, nee Constantinidis, believed to have been married on May 7, 1928, to Ronald William Drain (died December 7, 1961). Mrs Drain was born in Greece on March 21 or 23, 1906.

Arthur Charles Dyball, marital status unknown, died in Craven Arms on December 17, 2020. Mr Dyball was born on January 22, 1935, in Fulham.

S Fay (no full first name given), marital status unknown, died on May 17, 2002, in Bridgnorth. Date and place of birth unknown.

Gwendoline Ford, nee Brown, widow, died in Welshpool on June 6, 2002. Mrs Ford was born on June 18, 1923, in Shropshire.

Kathleen Megan Houlston, nee Ward, widow, died in Telford on May 7, 2011. Mrs Houlston was born in Keighley on July 20, 1929.

Robert Stanley Jones, marital status unknown, died in Telford on March 25, 2005. Mr Jones was born in Much Wenlock on June 10, 1927.

M Katerynczuk (no full first name given), died in Telford on September 26, 1995. Date and place of birth unknown.

David John Lacey, marital status unknown, died in Bridgnorth on June 24, 2019. Mr Lacey was born in Birmingham on December 24, 1944.

Andrew McCoy, marital status unknown, died in Shrewsbury on December 18, 1994. Date and place of birth unknown.

Bronislawa Parol, widow, died in Shrewsbury on May 20, 2000. Mrs Parol was born in Poland on May 24, 1920.

Betty Peake-Lloyd, nee Femola, widow, died in Shrewsbury on October 28, 1998. Mrs Peake-Lloyd was born on March 7, 1940.

Claude Francis Daniel Porter, bachelor, died in Bridgnorth on December 5, 2016. Mr Porter was born on December 5, 1927, in Australia.

Janis Rancans, marital status unknown, died in Shropshire on August 20, 2002. Date and place of birth unknown.

Leslie George Roberts, bachelor, died in Wrekin on June 11, 1993. Mr Roberts was born in Wrekin on June 22, 1910.

John Schwartz, marital status unknown, died in Ludlow on May 29, 2000. Born on February 18, 1914.

Evelyn Mary Smith, spinster, died in Whitchurch on March 17, 2002. Miss Smith was born in Shropshire on August 22, 1923.

Albert William Wells, widower, died in Telford on May 19, 2002. Mr Wells was born at Tufnell Park, Islington, on June 8, 1916.

Katie Alice Wilkes, nee Edmunds, widow of John Ruben Wilkes, died in Oswestry on January 14, 2015. Mrs Edmunds was born in Montgomeryshire on June 18, 1929.

Wilomena Williams, widow, died in Shrewsbury on May 2, 2009. Mrs Williams was born on December 10, 1924.

Rudolf Zukrowski, bachelor, died in Donnington on October 25, 1994. Mr Zukrowski was born in Poland on September 3, 1920.