Oakridge consists of five hamlets; Oakridge Lynch, Far Oakridge, Waterlane, Bournes Green, and Tunley. Rochester's roads follow north Kent's valleys and ridges of steep-sided chalk bournes. Like other landlords, the Bournes had tenants. By 1881 the Bournes family had moved back to London. A brother, Henry Bournes Higgins, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia. The Bournes distributed porridge and soup from their dwelling on a daily basis. Samuel Bournes requested that there be police brought to Rossport to quell any trouble. In 1914, Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways' network was extended from Bournes Green to Thorpe Bay. In 1931 she published an important biography of her uncle, "Henry Bournes Higgins&colon; A Memoir".