Cowper Place in Avondale – Named after William Cowper (1731-1800). In a subdivision between the Avon River, west of the Bower Bridge, and the northern end of the Avondale Golf Course of a 50 acre farm formerly belonging to Stewart Clendinning Hampton (1908- 1993). Developed from 1969 by Merrit-Beazley Homes Ltd. All the streets are named after places on the Isle of Wight. Cowper was an English poet and writer who often holidayed on the there. First appears in street directories in 1976.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to it. Only 12 houses in this small street and they were built in 1970s. Very ordinary street with nothing outstanding but there was a cattery and bunny boarding business here.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 