Terrington St Clement, United Kingdom

The settlement, along with Terrington St John, is referred to in the Domesday Book as Tilinghetuna where the population is recorded as 25 households made up of 12 villagers, 11 smallholders, 1 freeman, and 1 slave in 1086. Other resources recorded in 1086 included 515 sheep, 14 pigs, 11 cattle, and 1 cob with 48 acres of meadow and 12.5 salthouses. In 1066, before the Norman conquest of England the two lands were held by Thorkil, and by Thorth (son of Ulfkil). By 1086 the lands of Thorkil were transferred to Hermer de Ferrers, and the land of Thorth to Ralph Baynard.

By the medieval period, the small settlement which began on raised ground on the edge of the marsh had grown substantially. A parish church, dedicated to St Clement (Pope Clement I), known as the "Cathedral of the Marshland" or the "Cathedral of the Fens", was built in the 14th century by Edmund Gonville, Rector of Terrington, who founded Gonville Hall (now Gonville and Caius College) at Cambridge University.

John Colton (died 1404), Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, was born in the village.

Methodists were established in the village in 1813. During the Victorian era a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, a Primitive Methodist chapel, a Salvation Army headquarters and three other mission chapels were established.

The area has been the subject of some historical research by local residents, while archaeological investigation has included field walking during the Fenland Survey, although this largely excluded the area around the present settlement. Archaeological test pits were dug between 2005 and 2009; the report was published online.