SOME 70 people attended a celebration of the 350th anniversary of the United Reformed Church in Tavistock.

The year 2012 marks the 350th anniversary of the Great Ejectment, when 2,000 clergymen were ejected from their churches for refusing to sign the Act of Conformity which restricted their worship to the Book of Common Prayer.

An insight into the founder of the United Reformed Church in Tavistock the Rev Thomas Larkham was given by Dr Susan Hardman-Moore, who is the senior lecturer in divinity at Edinburgh University.

The Rev Roberta Rominger, secretary of the United Reformed Church, spoke about what the URC was doing nationally.

The Rev Phyllis Ball and the Rev Roger Cornish spoke about the Tavistock church and their hopes for the future. This was followed by a meal in the hall.

An exhibition about 'the journey from 1662' will start on May 5 and run from 10am to noon.