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~Yep it's north / east midlands - derbyshire, notts, leicestershire thing. I only learnt about it when I came to Nuneaton, 10-15 miles further south where I grew up in Solihull , it was either a cob, or a roll, never a batch. I've only recently given in to actually using it myself. To me a batch was a whole tray or collection of baked goods - ' a batch of twelve iced buns'


Yup!
My dad always says cob! He lived in Streetly as a kid.
 
Apparently that long roll shape (bigger than a hot dog / finger roll but not crusty like a baguette) is also called a hoagie? I know it as a sub roll, but that is only due to an occasional subway lunch. Except it was narrower at the ends and very slightly banana shaped.

Anyhoo, next Sunday, I shall take a picture and ask the pub what they call it. that will be the end of the story, definitely, and will draw a line under any speculation here, of course :cwl:
 
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