[3] The name Terrington derives from the Old English for 'Farm/settlement of Tir(a)'s people' as -ingtūn means a settlement called after, or connected with...

[5] In AD 1013 Godric, son of Æthelstan Mannessune gifted part of the lands of Terrington ("Ticingetona") to the monks of Ramsey Abbey in his will where his brother, Eadnoth the Younger had been abbott.

[6] 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.

[7] By the medieval period, the small settlement which began on raised ground on the edge of the marsh had grown substantially.

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

[citation needed] Terrington St Clement facilities include two doctor's surgeries, a village hall and a scout hut.

St Clement's High School was the centre of some press attention, firstly when its previous head, Richard Wealthall, was singled out for praise and a visit from Prime Minister Tony Blair, and again subsequently when he was found to have been guilty of bullying and nepotism.