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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Milehouse like this:
MILEHOUSE, a suburb of Plymouth, in Devon; 1 mile from the centre of the town. It has a post office under Plymouth.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Milehouse by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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