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Trap-bath split in RP

In Received Pronunciation and many Southern British dialects you encounter the trap-bath split, where the word "trap" has the same vowel as "cat", and "bath" has the same vowel as "father". I've heard the words with this so-called "broad A" or "long A" referred to as "the BATH words" - and I also know that in British English there are rules for figuring out which words get the long A and which don't, but that the whole thing is slightly irregular and difficult to predict, for example with a broad A in pass but a short A in passage. Is there anywhere where I could find a comprehensive list of "BATH words" for RP? 
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