Allen Raine
1836–1908 (age 72)
Biography
Allen Raine, born in 1836, became one of Wales’s most beloved writers by crafting novels rich with landscape, character, and the quiet valor of ordinary folk. Her stories, often set among the hills and sea-coast of her homeland, reflected both the romantic impulse and the deep moral care she felt for the people she portrayed.
She was laid to rest at St Michael's Church, where visitors still pause in gratitude for her attention to the rhythms of Welsh life and language. Her prose endures as a tribute to the compassion and imagination she brought to every page.