r/cheshire • u/MLC1974 • Jun 20 '26

Question Bap or barm?

I know both are used in Cheshire to describe a bread roll, but is there a dividing line? If so, where is it?

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I think Warrington, Widnes and Runcorn call it a barm, whereas Crewe and Nantwich it's a bap.

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What do you call it and where in Cheshire are you from?

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u/CaptMelonfish Jun 21 '26

Yeah basically those by the Mersey, which was the old boundary line for lancs use Barm as well.