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I've not been able to find out much about this well at all, apart from that it's marked on the OS map. However, I've just come across this reference from the Hereford Visitors website for Little Birch. This tells us: "Near the church is Higgins Well, an important and unfailing supply of water for the village. There is a legend connected with the well which was told by a local man, Mr. H. W. Southey, to the Hereford Times in 1900 as follows:"
"The original outlet for the waters of the well was in a meadow at the top of the steep bank which rises above the present well. The owner of this meadow became so annoyed at the trespasses of the villagers across his land to the well that he had it filled up. However, shortly afterwards, while smoking his pipe in the great chimney corner of his house, he was startled by a sudden eruption of water under his feet."
"To his untutored mind, the waters forcing this new outlet were a sign that the guardian spirit protecting the local people's rights was asserting itself. To appease this spirit, but determined not to reopen the well, he moved down to the present site and started to dig. In due course water began to bubble up through the underlying rock and, miraculously, the inrush in the chimney corner disappeared. The water spirit was obviously satisfied that water was once again made available to the people. This "act of contrition" resulted in local immortality for Mr Higgins."
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