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The photos of the Windmill at Eastham that have been posted here are not of the same mill as mentioned in several Spark(e) wills. The photos are of a tower mill which I am led to believe was moved from Carlett Park in the early 1800's to the location which has been found here. The medieaval mill from the Spark(e) wills would have been a peg mill.
Locomotive, Thomas Spark born 1650 in Bebington, was the son of Thomas Sparke born 1618 in Eastham, who in turn was a great grandson of the Thomas Sparke who died in 1591, leaving the mill to his son Thomas.
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Do we know we are talking about a Windmill, there were quite a few water mills around as well.
At one time, Eastham included Birkenhead and Wallasey areas, I'm not sure what date it became purely the township of Eastham as we know now but 1591 could well be before that time?
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Yes diggingdeeper, it was a windmill. The will of Thomas Sparke of Eastham’s Will of 1591 states the following:
“And as concerninge my worldly goods goods I give and bequeath them as foloweth. First I bequeath assigne and sett out my estate titles & interest of my now dwelinge house w[it]h appurtenance the milne called Estham milne and the furniture thereto belonging to my sonn Thomas Sparke”
And the will of his son Thomas Sparke of Eastham dated 1624 states the following:
"Item I give bequeath assigne and sett over unto my sonne Robert Sparke and his Assigns all my house Messuages or Tenements and all and singular, houses, edifices, buildings, gardens, orchards, yardes, landes, tenem[en]ts, hereditaments and appurtenancis what soever thereunto lying or belonging or …….. ………. together w[i]th my wyndie corne milne and all and singular that appurtenants together alsoe with my Indenture of Lease."
I don’t think it would be a water mill when it was described as “a wyndie corne milne”.
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I missed that again on the first read 
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Thank you for that piece of information, I've been trying to link the two families up for years. I have sent you a pm.
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