Newcastle upon Tyne No. 3 / Byker?

No individual antry found for Newcastle in the Domesday survey. The Historical account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1827) notes: "The font [...] formerly stood in the west porch, where the cover is still suspended. It now now stands in the south cross. Bourne, quoting the Milbank MS, says: 'In the year 1639, when the Scots sought to deface the ancient monuments, and said they were paistry, and superstition, they began with the spoon [i.e., basin] of this church's font, and broke it all to pieces. It had been given by one John Bertram. For there was written about it; "For the honour of God and St. John, John Bertram gave this font stone." Cuthbert Maxwell, a mason, observing the barbarity of the Scots, came in haste to St. Nicholas, and saved the spoon [cf. supra] of that font in its vestry, and also that of All-hallows. He lived, after the king return'd, to set them up again.' The present font has probably been the gift of Andrew Bates, A.M. appointed lecturer of this church in the year 1689, as there is a shield on it with the arms of that ancient family." Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "an ancient font" in this church. Gibson (1848) mentions that the font from St. John's Newcastle, destroyed by the Scots, had probably been the gift of Helen, Lady of Bothal [towards the end of the 14th century]. The font cover is noted in Long (1923). Pevsner (1957) notes both the font and its cover as 17th-century, "the cover tall and bristling with canopies and pinnacles". Betjeman (1958) mentions a "font cover [of the] 15th century". An unknown / untitled source of the Durham County Council records the font at St. Newcastle John's as one of "a series of similar black marble fonts of 15th century date" (others mentioned are those of St. Nicholas' and All Saints' [now at Kirkharle], both in Newcastle, and adds that theu may have come from the same workshop) [source: www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/lookup/[...]]. [NB: it is not clear from the latter source whether the font restored by Maxwell and the present font are one and the same and, if not, what happened to the restored font?]. The font cover is illustrated in Howard & Crossley (1919). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ2470064012] notes: "Parish church. Mostly C14 and C15; chancel largely rebuilt 1848. [...] C17 octagonal stone font with shields on sides; wood cover in C15 style."