Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
235. _Upton Court._--About nine miles from Reading, on the road to
Newbury, and removed about two miles from the high road, is an ancient
manor house called Upton Court. It is most curious as to architecture,
and is a most interesting specimen of the houses of the gentry of former
days. It belonged to a Catholic family of the name of Perkins. The
chapel, in the house, and the hiding-place for priests, can still be
seen. It is said that Pope wrote the _Rape of the Lock_ there. I should
be glad to know if any of your correspondents can confirm this fact from
authentic evidence.