Newcastle, Church of St. Nicholas, font cover

HER Number:
13534

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Church of St. Nicholas, font cover

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Font

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C16

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The exquisitely carved wooden font cover, similar to that in St. Andrew's church, dates from around 1500.

Easting:
249

Northing:
640

Grid Reference:
NZ249640

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Anthony Goodman, 2009, The Church and Religion in Newcastle 1080-1540 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 74; Dr J.F. Hodgson, 1912, Font and Cover of S. Nicholas Church, Newcastle on Tyne, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Vol VI, pp 245-246