Alternative Name: Graig-y-rhaca
Morphology: craig+y+rhaca
Phonetic: grah-eeg-uh-rha-ka
On maps dating back to 1885, the village was Craig-y-Rhaca, the "C" mutating to "G" over time until it has become the commonly used version. Though "rhaca" is the Welsh word for a rake, as in a garden tool, the usage here is possible from a term used for a long, narrow area between cultivated land and a hill pasture or common. The word "racca" was common in Shropshire for such a piece of land. This strip of land was where livestock were be herded and sorted and comes from an Old English word "hracca" meaning "a rough path". Earlier spellings also show a variation of "rhacan" as opposed to "rhaca". Also Creyge Rackawn in 1570, Craig y raccha 1630 and Craigracka 1813.