BABY Ella Bryce Vickers maintained an unusual family tradition when she was christened.
The ceremony in the Tunstall Chapel was one of the few to take place in Durham Castle.
But the event maintained a strong family link with the castle, home to University College.
Ella's parents Jane and Neil, who live at Framwellgate Moor, were married in the castle nearly 12 years ago to the day and Jane was christened there.
Jane's parents Sheila and Alan Morris also tied the knot in the castle, where Sheila's father Joseph Bryce worked for University College for 40 years.
"You have to have special permission and you have to have some connection with the castle," said Mrs Morris.
"The family has had a long involvement with the castle and when we wrote to the master, who had been a student while my father worked there, he said that it was unique."
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