[2] The abandonment of the village was likely the result of the Norman reprisals in retaliation for the Ely Rebellion of 1070, led by Hereward the Wake.

During the Second World War, anti-tank defences were built in Clenchwarton to defend against a possible German invasion of East Anglia.

Clifford J. Gosling of the 1st Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment who was killed in a forest fire during Operation Lucky Alphonse during the Cyprus Emergency.

[7] St. Margaret's Churchyard holds a listed headstone dedicated to Christopher Hudson which dates to 1709[8] and the remains of a Medieval cross.

Clenchwarton is an electoral ward for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North West Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's James Wild MP since 2010.