Kent.- Mickleburgh (John, vicar of St Mary's Platt, Kent) Account book with diary entries, manuscript, ruled paper, original vellum, lettered direct on upper cover, 1846-49.

Kent.- Mickleburgh (John, vicar of St Mary's Platt, Kent, son of James Mickleburgh, of Thanet House, Margate, 1818-49) [Account book with diary entries], manuscript, c. 335pp. excluding blanks, ruled paper, f. 'July: 30th Week' [1847] lower quarter cut away with loss of text, upper hinge split, original vellum, lettered direct on upper cover, lacks clasp, lightly soiled and rubbed, sm. 4to, 1846-49.

⁂ An account book with detailed diary entries painting a picture of a country vicar's life in the early years of Victorian England. Mickleburgh was an enthusiastic priest and the diary is full of his interest in the welfare of the local children, his support of the local schoolmistress, Sarah Roots, the organisation and the building of a new school, and the later appointment of another schoolmaster. The diary records the local round of a vicar including weekly services, burials and financial expenses, both for family and the parish.