1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 77 It was here determin'd..to make twelve Explosions of the coated Phial, with an Observer placed at the seven Mile-Stone, and another at the nine Mile-Stone.
1780 V. 139 Near the nine-mile stone on the Hounslow-road.
1856 T. De Quincey V. 131 An easy nine-mile walk.
1990 12 July 20/1 The new nine-mile narrow gauge Bure Valley Railway on the old Great Eastern trackbed is due to commence services during July.