Elm Hill is a cobbled street of mostly Tudor and later buildings, rebuilt after a great fire in 1507 and close to St Andrew's church. It already has a fire ghost story in this database. This is a different tradition, about a figure of the 19th century.
According to the Norwich Paranormal Experience Group, a man called Father Ignatius founded a monastery on Elm Hill in the 1800s. He is said to have cursed anyone who opposed him with eternal damnation, and the locals forced him out of the city. Edward Couzens-Lake adds that he placed curses on several people who subsequently died.
His ghost is said to walk Elm Hill at twilight, carrying a large black Bible, and to harass and curse those who are unwary of his presence. The first account adds unexplained footsteps and strange noises heard on the street at night.
A real Anglican monastic revivalist of this name is known to have lived in Norwich in the 19th century, but the sources I read do not give dates or documents, and the ghost story is a local tradition without named witnesses. I have therefore tagged it traditional and kept the details to what the sources state. The pin is approximate along the street.
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