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

The Government's list of unclaimed estates includes 23 names of people who were born or died in Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire

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

Helen or Helena Banas, spinster, died July 13 2008 in Hereford. Miss Banas was born on October 4 1952 in Kensington and Chelsea, London.

George Burr, bachelor, died February 5 1999 in Hereford. Mr Burr was born on December 16 1912. His place of birth is not known.

Louis John Campbell, marital status unknown, died in Wellington, Herefordshire, on June 19 1996. His place and date of birth are not given.

Michael Patrick Clear, marital status unknown, died in Hereford on October 17 2008. Mr Clear was born in Hammersmith, London, on January 30 1957.

Richard Craven-Bagers, marital status unknown, died in Gloucester on June 21 2019. Mr Craven Bagers was born in Hereford on July 28 1959. Also known as Richard Julian Craven-Bagers and Julian Wichman.

George Richard Drinkwater, bachelor, died on February 14 2010 in Uckfield, East Sussex. Mr Drinkwater was born on March 7 1928 in Ross-on-Wye.

Terence Evans, bachelor, died in Pontypool, Gwent, on May 9 2000. Mr Evans was born on September 3 1939 in Hereford.

Joan Margaret Fraser, born Jenkins, widow of Peter Malcolm Fraser, died in Hereford on September 15 2009. Mrs Fraser was born on November 23 1915 in Cambridge.

Roger Lesley George Haycraft, bachelor, died in Leominster on August 12 2018. Mr Haycraft was born on July 13 1938 in Bournemouth, Dorset.

George Hobbs, bachelor, died on February 18 2012 in Hereford. Mr Hobbs was born on July 16 1930 in London. His death certificate is registered as George J Hobbs.

Desmond Patrick Joyce, marital status unknown, died in Hereford on May 7 1997. Mr Joyce was born in Herefordshire on March 7 1919.

Nora Jones, spinster, died in Hammersmith, London, on December 21 1995. Miss Jones was born in Hereford on January 18 1913. She is known to have had at least one sister, Elsie Beryl Horrell, died March 21 1994 in Cardiff.

Peter McMahon, marital status unknown, died in Hereford on May 15 2006. Mr McMahon was born on May 1 1935, but his place of birth is unknown.

Ernest Lionel Merchant, widower, died in Hereford on September 26 1998. Mr Merchant was born in Wolverhampton on July 16 1918.

Anthony Mulenga, marital status unknown, died in Hereford on January 22 2005. Mr Mulenga's date and place of birth are not known.

Annie Nunan, marital status unknown, died in Malvern on November 23 1996. Ms Nunan was born in Ireland on June 19 1902.

Olwyn Muriel Oliver, born Vaughan, widow, died in Hereford on August 18 1999. Mrs Vaughan was born in Cardiff on March 28 1923.

Audrey Margaret Plumb, spinster, died in Sutton Coldfield on June 28 2008. Miss Plumb was born in Walmley, Sutton Coldfield, on February 13 1927 to Wilfred Plumb, born August 23 1901 in Lichfield, Stafford (died January 7 1983 in Birmingham), and Winifred May Stone, born March 31 1893 in Hereford (died October 21 1972, Sutton Coldfield). Her parents were married on December 15 1926 in Tamworth.

Daniel Llewellwyn Price, marital status unknown, died in Malvern on November 17 1994. Mr Price was born in Cardiff on November 24 1909.

James Anthony Richardson, marital status unknown, died in Hereford on August 27 2020. Mr Richardson was born in London on September 21 1937.

Charles James Seaborne, marital status unknown, died in Hereford on December 30 2019. Mr Seaborne was born in Hereford on July 14 1937.

Jacqueline Ann Shields, spinster, died in Ross-on-Wye on April 23 2019. Miss Shields was born on July 10 1965 in Gloucestershire.

Reginald Percy Walters, widower, died in Bristol, Somerset, on June 3 2000. Mr Walters was born in Hereford on July 5 1911.