I don't think Eric is short for anything and its news to me that Nancy is a pet name for Agnes. Nancy is a pet name for Ann/e as well as being a name in its own right.
My Mum knew twins called Agnes and Senga (Agnes backwards).
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Love from Nell
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Chowns in Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire
Brewer, Broad, Eplett & Pope in Cornwall
Smoothy & Willsher/Wiltshire in Essex & Surrey
Emms, Mealing + variants, Purvey & Williams in Gloucestershire
Barnes, Dunt, Gray, Massingham, Saul/Seals/Sales in Norfolk
Matthews & Nash in Warwickshire
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